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 assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1009129
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