The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for further development and consideration.

The deciding factor: The Board finds that additional evidence is needed to determine whether any of the claimed conditions are related to service or other etiologies.

Claimed conditions

Scheuermann’s disease with fatigue, autoimmune disease (to include as due to an undiagnosed illness), Sjogren’s syndrome (to include as due to an undiagnosed illness), connective tissue disability (to include as due to an undiagnosed illness), Hashimoto’s disease (variously claimed as sensitivity to cold and autoimmune thyroid disease due to Sjogren’s syndrome, to include as due to an undiagnosed illness), heart disability (variously claimed as rapid premature atrial fibrillation with chest pain, to include as due to an undiagnosed illness), hypothyroidism with fatigue and elevated blood cholesterol, to include as due to an undiagnosed illness, left shoulder disability (claimed as residual fracture and dislocation, as secondary to Hashimoto’s disease), right shoulder disability (variously claimed as joint stiffness, as secondary to Hashimoto’s disease), constipation, as secondary to Hashimoto’s disease, liver lesion, as secondary to Hashimoto’s disease, left hip disability (variously claimed as joint stiffness, as secondary to Hashimoto’s disease), right hip disability (variously claimed as joint stiffness, as secondary to Hashimoto’s disease), neuropathy of the right upper extremity, as secondary to Sjogren’s syndrome, neuropathy of the left upper extremity, as secondary to Sjogren’s syndrome, neuropathy of the right lower extremity, as secondary to Sjogren’s syndrome, neuropathy of the left lower extremity, as secondary to Sjogren’s syndrome, osteoarthritis of the body, as secondary to Sjogren’s syndrome, Raynaud’s disease, as secondary to Sjogren’s syndrome, decreased visual acuity, as secondary to Sjogren’s syndrome, dryness of conjunctiva (also claimed as chronic gritty and burning eyes), as secondary to Sjogren’s syndrome, painful jaw disability, as secondary to Sjogren’s syndrome, neurological disability (variously claimed as an excessive thirst condition), as secondary to Sjogren’s syndrome, pruritus, as secondary to Sjogren’s syndrome, dysphagia with hoarseness and difficulty speaking, as secondary to Sjogren’s syndrome, gastric ulcers, as secondary to Sjogren’s syndrome, oral lesions (cracked lips and ulcers), as secondary to Sjogren’s syndrome, ataxia, as secondary to Sjogren’s syndrome, chronic allergy disability with recurring sinusitis (also claimed as nasal irritation with dryness), as secondary to Sjogren’s syndrome, white matter lesions on the brain, as secondary to Hashimoto’s disease and Sjogren’s syndrome, back disability (variously claimed as a spinal cord disability), as secondary to Scheuermann’s disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with difficulty breathing, as secondary to Scheuermann’s disease, acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as anxiety and depression with impaired memory), as secondary to hypothyroidism

How they argued it

Secondary to another service-connected condition

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

November 14, 2018

Citation

18150200

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