The Board has granted service connection for arthritis of the left knee, lumbar spine, cervical spine, and hands. The claim for service connection for arthritis of the right shoulder is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's arthritis in multiple joints including his knees, lumbar spine, cervical spine, and hands was incurred during service.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of multiple joints including in the knees, lumbar spine, cervical spine, shoulders, and hands, arthritis of left knee, arthritis of left shoulder, calcified tendonitis of right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1009129
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What this means for you
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for blood poisoning of left and right leg, shrapnel, and arthritis of left and right knee due to a lack of current medical evidence supporting these conditions.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected amputation of the distal phalanx of the fifth digit and crush injury of the fourth digit of the left hand is found to be aggravated by his arthritis in the left hand, which is granted as secondary to this service-connected condition.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a VA examiner to provide an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's right shoulder disability, including rotator cuff tear and arthritis, is related to service or his service-connected left knee disability. The claim for service connection for the left shoulder disability remains denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for arthritis of both the left and right knees, finding no evidence of chronic conditions in service or within a presumptive period.
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