The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, right shoulder impingement, degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, status post foraminotomy and diskectomy, lumbar strain, degenerative arthritis of the hands, and degenerative arthritis of the knees, are related to service. The Board has granted these claims.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the veteran's conditions are related to her military service.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis of the hands, degenerative arthritis of the knees, degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine, status post foraminotomy and diskectomy, lumbar strain, rheumatoid arthritis, right shoulder impingement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 1, 2004
- Citation
- 0417764
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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