The Board found no evidence of a chronic joint pain disorder in service and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no objective medical evidence of a current chronic arthralgia or joint pain disability, and the VA examination did not show any signs of such a condition.
- Claimed conditions
- arthralgia of the knees, arthralgia of the elbows
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2003
- Citation
- 0304544
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What this means for you
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