The Board found that the veteran's current arthritis of the feet had its onset in service, but concluded that arthritis in other joints such as the hips, back, neck, and shoulders was not present until many years after service and has not been medically linked to joint pain in service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner could not make a link between the current findings pertaining to the spine and hips and the veteran's period of service.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of multiple joints, arthritis of the feet, arthritis of the hips, arthritis of the back, arthritis of the neck, arthritis of the shoulders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 3, 2000
- Citation
- 0017584
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