The Board has determined that the Veteran does not currently suffer from Cushing's Syndrome and her other claimed disabilities are not related to service.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence, including VA examinations and private medical records, consistently found no current diagnosis of Cushing's Syndrome or any other chronic endocrine disorder in the Veteran. The examiner concluded that the Veteran did not have a chronic endocrine condition during service and that her current conditions are unrelated to any incident in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Cushing's Syndrome, bilateral shoulder disability, bilateral knee disability, bilateral hip disability/sacroiliac dysfunction, diabetes, hypertension, acquired psychiatric disability, thoracolumbar spine disability (back disability), cervical spine disability (neck disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2011
- Citation
- 1147027
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