Partly granted
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a liver cyst, finding no current disability. The claim for an autoimmune disease was remanded for further evidence.
The deciding factor: The lack of a current disability and the failure to establish a nexus between the claimed conditions and service were the deciding factors in denying the liver cyst claim, while the AID claim required additional evidence due to the complexity of its etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- Liver cyst, Autoimmune disease (AID), to include Sjogren's syndrome, fibromyalgia, and reactive arthritis (RA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25013918
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