Denied
The Board denied service connection for an autoimmune disease disorder other than CIDP due to the lack of evidence showing its presence during or proximate to the appeal period.
The deciding factor: The August 2024 opinion stated that pancytopenia, which is already service-connected, encompasses any potential autoimmune condition, and no other autoimmune diseases were identified in the claims file.
- Claimed conditions
- autoimmune disease disorder other than chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25012461
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