The Veteran's claims for an increased rating and reopening of service connection for gastrointestinal disability and muscle and joint pain with bilateral wrist swelling to include as due to undiagnosed illness are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been received that raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims for gastrointestinal disability and muscle and joint pain with bilateral wrist swelling to include as due to undiagnosed illness. The Veteran's service connection claim for Osgood-Schlatter's disease of the left knee remains on the merits.
- Claimed conditions
- {"conditionName":"Osgood-Schlatter's disease of the left knee"}, {"conditionName":"Gastrointestinal disability","undiagnosedIllness":true,"undiscoveredCondition":"Muscle and joint pain with bilateral wrist swelling"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0926691
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What this means for you
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