The Board found that the veteran's polyarthralgia was not present in service and is not otherwise related to service, thus denying her claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: Polyarthralgia was not shown to be incurred or aggravated by service and no medical evidence supports a nexus between current disability and service.
- Claimed conditions
- polyarthralgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2008
- Citation
- 0826460
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What this means for you
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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: Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome was denied as there is no persuasive evidence of a current diagnosis.,The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for polyarthralgia (previously rated as generalized joint pain) was also denied.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for service connection of right knee strain, lower extremity radiculopathies, and DEA benefits, but denied earlier effective dates for erectile dysfunction and special monthly compensation.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found errors in the duty to assist and remands both issues for further development. The Veteran's polyarthralgia is currently rated at 10 percent, but a new examination is needed to assess its severity. For his secondary service connection claim for hypothyroidism, a new VA medical opinion is required to address whether it was proximately due or caused by the service-connected polyarthralgia.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal as the July 5, 2019, VA Form 9 was not timely filed. The claims for service connection were decided on the merits and found to be denied.
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