The Board denied service connection for back symptoms and body aches, muscle spasms, and joint pain (excluding the back) as they are not related to service.,Service connection was also denied for these conditions due to lack of evidence linking them to an undiagnosed illness or chronic multisymptom illness.
The deciding factor: The medical records do not show a link between the veteran's current symptoms and her service, and the diagnoses are attributed to known causes.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar spondylosis, lumbar myositis and bulging disc, Osteoarthritis of the hands, knees, ankles, elbows, wrists, and feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0601643
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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