The Board granted service connection for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The deciding factor: The evidence is in approximate balance that the SLE is proximately due to and/or aggravated by the service connected PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25107885
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Decisions by this judge: 931 · Granted: 42% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a higher initial rating of 100 percent for systemic lupus erythematosus but denied an increased rating from 50 percent for the mental health disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for systemic lupus erythematosus and a kidney disability, to include as secondary to SLE, for further development, including a new VA examination.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 100 percent disability rating for SLE and a 50 percent disability rating for OSA from March 24, 2015, to February 17, 2016. The claim for a higher rating for OSA after February 18, 2016, was denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for systemic lupus erythematosus, anemia, and major depressive disorder. The claim for migraine headaches was remanded due to a need for further evidence.
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