The Board found no evidence of arthritis during service or within the presumptive period following service, and denied the veteran's claim for service connection for degenerative arthritis of multiple joints.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence establishing a relationship between current arthritis and service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis of multiple joints
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2002
- Citation
- 0218044
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to procedural errors and the need for additional development, including obtaining medical opinions on service connection and rating issues.
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