The Board has determined that the Veteran's lupus is related to her active service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by the Veteran's private physician established a link between the Veteran's lupus and her military service, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- lupus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2018
- Citation
- 18139999
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for sarcoidosis, which manifested to a compensable degree within one year of the Veteran's separation from service. The claims for lupus and rheumatoid arthritis were remanded for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for lupus to correct a duty to assist error related to an inadequate VA addendum opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for residuals of a TBI, lupus, and OSA due to deficiencies in the medical evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied benefits for spina bifida and other covered birth defects as the Appellant does not have a diagnosis of spina bifida, and her mother is not a Vietnam Veteran.
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