The veteran's severe joint pain, including neurological disability involving the wrists, elbows, shoulders, and lower extremities, was not determined to be caused by VA medical treatment.
The deciding factor: The proximate cause of the additional disability was not found to be due to VA fault or an event not reasonably foreseeable.
- Claimed conditions
- neurological disability involving the wrists, elbows, shoulders, lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2007
- Citation
- 0733806
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