The veteran's chronic undiagnosed illness manifested by joint pain in the bilateral hands, knees, and feet is presumed to have been incurred during active military service.
The deciding factor: The veteran's diffuse joint pain disorder cannot be attributed to a known clinical diagnosis and is manifested to a degree of at least 10 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- enlarged uterus, positive absolute neutrophil count (ANC) and elevated sedimentation rate, bilateral foot pain, bilateral hand and knee joint pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2009
- Citation
- 0900849
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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