The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a salivary gland disability, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his current condition and his military service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by VA examiners concluded that the salivary gland stones are not related to service or environmental exposures in Southwest Asia. The Board gave more weight to these opinions than to the Veteran's unsupported claim of an undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness.
- Claimed conditions
- salivary gland disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2023
- Citation
- 23063003
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases for further development regarding the Veteran's service connection claims for gall bladder, prostate, and salivary gland disabilities. The VA needs to obtain missing military assignment information from Fort Dix and Fort Sam Houston.
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