The Board denied service connection for degenerative joint disease of the hands, knees, and right hip, but granted it for the right shoulder. The veteran's sarcoidosis was rated as 30 percent disabling, and a TDIU on an extraschedular basis was also denied.
The deciding factor: Degenerative joint disease of the right shoulder was caused by service-connected sarcoidosis; however, degenerative joint diseases in other areas were not related to active service or secondary to sarcoidosis.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the bilateral hands, Degenerative joint disease of the bilateral knees, Degenerative joint disease of the right hip, Degenerative joint disease of the right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2009
- Citation
- 0903760
What this means for you
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