The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed degenerative arthritis conditions, finding that there was no evidence to support a link between his service-connected ulcerative colitis and these disabilities.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a causal relationship between the veteran's service-connected ulcerative colitis and his claimed degenerative arthritis conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis, left shoulder, degenerative arthritis, right shoulder, degenerative arthritis, cervical spine, degenerative arthritis, thoracic spine, degenerative arthritis, lumbar spine, degenerative arthritis, right hand, degenerative arthritis, left hand
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2008
- Citation
- 0833841
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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: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the left and right shoulders, as well as for obstructive sleep apnea. The decision also grants service connection for degenerative arthritis of the left and right knees.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted an earlier effective date of December 6, 2001 for service connection for degenerative arthritis, lumbar spine based on newly associated service personnel records.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection for degenerative arthritis of the left shoulder was granted, effective August 4, 2023.,Effective dates prior to January 18, 2023, were denied for lumbosacral strain, bilateral hip strain, and supraventricular arrhythmia. Service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension was granted effective August 23, 2019, but no earlier.,Service connection for erectile dysfunction was granted effective March 21, 2019.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not prevent him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment.
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