The Veteran's autoimmune disorders, including Sjgren's disease, Raynaud's syndrome, scleroderma, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and anemia, are found to have begun during her service. Her esophageal motility disorder is also found to be related to her service-connected autoimmune disorders.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has a history of autoimmune disorders that began during her active duty service and continues with no intercurrent causes.
- Claimed conditions
- Sjgren's disease, Raynaud's syndrome, scleroderma, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, anemia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2021
- Citation
- 21068540
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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.
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