The Board has determined that the appellant's arthritis is not service-connected and his rheumatic fever does not warrant a compensable evaluation.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish service connection for arthritis or show that the current arthritis was caused by or aggravated by the service-connected rheumatic fever.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of multiple joints, Rheumatic fever
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2002
- Citation
- 0210626
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