Service connection for depressive disorder is granted. Service connection for scleroderma is denied.,Entitlement to service connection for CAD and systemic lupus erythematosus as due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina is remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's reports of a continuity of symptomatology can satisfy the requirement for evidence that the claimed disability may be related to service.,There are no etiology opinions on file addressing whether the Veteran’s CAD and systemic lupus erythematosus were incurred in, caused by, or etiologically related to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive Disorder, Scleroderma, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2018
- Citation
- 18133343
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