The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for seronegative rheumatoid arthritis with muscle stiffness and rashes, finding that there is insufficient evidence to support a secondary service connection based on Persian Gulf Service.
The deciding factor: The VA Regional Office (RO) determined that the veteran did not meet the criteria for service connection under 38 C.F.R. � 3.117 due to lack of sufficient evidence supporting a secondary service connection claim.
- Claimed conditions
- seronegative rheumatoid arthritis, muscle stiffness, rashes
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0323287
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