The Board has determined that the veteran's current arthritis of multiple joints is not related to his service-connected rheumatic fever, and thus denied his claim for secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence establishing a nexus between the veteran's current degenerative arthritis and his service-connected rheumatic fever.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of multiple joints
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2007
- Citation
- 0734228
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection of arthritis of multiple joints due to the appellant's withdrawal.
- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been dismissed due to his death.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for arthritis of multiple joints, including as secondary to his service-connected multilevel degenerative disc disease with degenerative joint disease of the spine and degenerative spurring of the lower extremities (knees). The case is being returned for additional development.
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