The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for aching joints and shoulder pain claimed as due to an undiagnosed illness, finding that there was no evidence of a chronic disability currently present or related to service.
The deciding factor: There is no objective evidence of current joint problems, and the veteran did not have any disease or injury in service which could be linked to his current symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- aching joints, shoulder pain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2003
- Citation
- 0329623
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