The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for multiple joint arthritis and peripheral neuropathy as secondary to a service-connected disability, finding that there was no evidence of diagnosis or treatment in service or within one year after service. The Board also found that current conditions were not related to any service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show a relationship between the veteran's current multiple joint arthritis and peripheral neuropathy and his service-connected right olecranon fracture, left toes fractures, or ureteral calculus.
- Claimed conditions
- multiple joint arthritis, peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 6, 2002
- Citation
- 0204162
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