The Board found the veteran's claim not well grounded and denied service connection for joint pain due to an undiagnosed illness as there was no record of joint pain as due to an undiagnosed illness showing a chronic disability subject to service connection.
The deciding factor: There were no objective findings to account for the veteran's complaints of joint pain, and some symptoms may be attributed to old trauma to his hands.
- Claimed conditions
- Joint pain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2001
- Citation
- 0104819
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
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