The Board denied claims of entitlement to service connection for generalized arthritis, including crystallized arthritis or CPPD disease and arthritis in the fingers and hands.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the veteran's conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized arthritis, Arthritis in the fingers and hands
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0637619
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What this means for you
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, service connection for a right eye disability, a joint condition claimed as chronic fatigue, and generalized arthritis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for a generalized arthritis disorder due to unresolved medical questions regarding its onset and relationship to service.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine and generalized arthritis, but granted service connection for post-traumatic sequelae of the left third proximal phalanx and left hand osteoarthritis as secondary to a service-connected disability.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the veteran's death during the course of the appeal.
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