The Board denied service connection for gout of the left knee and right knee, ankles, feet, elbows, and right wrist. The claim for a back disability was reopened due to new evidence showing current lumbar spine arthritis.
The deciding factor: New evidence showed current diagnoses of gout in multiple joints and degenerative changes (arthritis) of the lumbar spine, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- gout of left knee, gout of right knee, ankles, feet, elbows and right wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- June 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0616545
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- Denied
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