The Board found that the veteran does not have arthritis affecting his left leg, elbow, shoulder, wrist or back which is proximately due to or the result of service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: VA examinations and medical records did not find any current arthritis in these joints, and the examiner concluded there was no relationship between the veteran's service-connected ankle disability and his claimed joint conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg, left elbow, left shoulder, left wrist, back
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2003
- Citation
- 0303263
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What this means for you
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