The veteran's current arthritis of the hips, knees, right ankle, elbows and shoulders is due to service-connected shrapnel wounds. The claim for service connection has been granted.
The deciding factor: VA medical evidence shows that the veteran currently has arthritis of multiple joints which can be etiologically linked to his service-connected shell fragment wounds.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disability (chloracne), arthritis of the hips, arthritis of the knees, arthritis of the right ankle, arthritis of the elbows, arthritis of the shoulders
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0015766
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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