The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for generalized arthralgia, finding that his disability is manifested by pain in his left knee with slight limitation of motion and no additional functional impairment due to painful motion or instability. The weight of medical evidence indicates that other joint pain is unrelated to service-connected arthralgia.
The deciding factor: The veteran's current joint pain was not found to be related to his service-connected generalized arthralgia, thus it cannot be considered as part and parcel of the service-connected condition for rating purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- generalized arthralgia, possible early rheumatoid arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- August 10, 2005
- Citation
- 0521653
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