The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for generalized arthritis, finding that there was no evidence of diagnosed arthritis in other joints.
The deciding factor: There is no pathology present to support a diagnosis of arthritis in any joint examined during the veteran's VA examination and treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2003
- Citation
- 0305051
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