The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for arthritis of multiple joints and found that it is not warranted. The TDIU rating was denied as the veteran does not meet the criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: Service connection for arthritis of multiple joints could not be established as there was no evidence linking the condition to service or any disease or injury incurred in or aggravated by service. The veteran's TDIU claim was denied because his combined compensation rating did not meet the percentage rating standards and he had other nonservice-connected disabilities that prevented him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of multiple joints
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 29, 2006
- Citation
- 0608983
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.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral knee, hip, leg, spine, and arthritis of multiple joints disabilities, as well as the reopening of a previously denied claim for a foot disability, for accrued benefits purposes.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for arthritis of multiple joints, as there was no evidence showing that the condition was incurred in or aggravated by service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and readjudication of the claims.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the claims of service connection for ureterolithiasis, Asiatic flu, and a sinus condition as not being new and material evidence. The claim for a sinus condition was reopened but ultimately denied. Other claims were also denied.
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