The Board found that the Veteran's current conditions are not due to an undiagnosed illness or a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The competent evidence of record indicates symptoms of joint and shoulder pain are due to palindromic rheumatism, which is not considered an undiagnosed illness. The loss of motor control in both hands is attributed to bilateral carpal spasm, also not considered an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- Joint and Shoulder Pain, Loss of Motor Control in Both Hands
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1026848
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What this means for you
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