The Veteran's Sjogren's Syndrome is granted as secondary to service-connected PTSD. The Veteran's malaria and lupus claims are denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s Sjogren's Syndrome was aggravated by his service-connected PTSD, but did not find a current diagnosis of malaria or lupus.
- Claimed conditions
- Sjogren's Syndrome, malaria (also claimed as fever of unknown etiology and low immune system), Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18129610
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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