The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (CJD) as it did not manifest during service, was not diagnosed within one year of service, and is unrelated to service.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a diagnosis of CJD or establish that it was incurred in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (CJD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 22, 2022
- Citation
- 22054109
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