The Board found no evidence to support the Veteran's claims for service connection for Hashimoto's disease, systemic candidiasis, and a disability manifested by miscarriages and infertility. The conditions were not shown to have been incurred or aggravated during active duty.
The deciding factor: There was insufficient medical evidence linking the Veteran’s conditions to her exposure to heavy metals and toxins in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Hashimoto's disease, systemic candidiasis, disability manifested by miscarriages and infertility
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 5, 2011
- Citation
- 1128887
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- Denied
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- Granted
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