The Board has determined that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's Grave's disease was caused by exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, and thus service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found a relative equipoise of evidence regarding whether the Veteran's Grave's disease disability is due to CLCW exposure, which must be resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Grave's disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2022
- Citation
- 22054821
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's Grave's disease is granted as service connected. The Board finds the evidence of record is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's other conditions are related to his military service, specifically TERA exposure.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's November 28, 2017 substantive appeal was timely filed in response to the September 6, 2017 statements of the case. As a result, this appeal is granted.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeals for service connection and rating issues related to various conditions, including obesity, chronic renal dysfunction/kidney disease, hyperthyroidism, Grave's disease, chronic liver disease, TMJ disorder, sleep apnea, back pain, dermatographic urticaria residuals from anthrax vaccine, and hemorrhoids.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran was not unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation by reason of his service-connected disabilities prior to July 11, 2019.
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