The Board found no evidence of a causal relationship between the veteran's service-connected right foot pyogenic arthritis and his claimed shoulder, hands, hips, cervical spine, and low back disorders. The claim for secondary service connection was denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a finding that the veteran's current joint complaints were due to or caused by his service-connected right foot disability.
- Claimed conditions
- shoulder, hands, hips, cervical spine, low back
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2002
- Citation
- 0201105
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