The Veteran does not have arthritis of the hips, knees, ankles, or hands.,Service connection for these conditions is denied as there is no current disability and no evidence linking them to service.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of arthritis in any joint, nor any evidence linking the claimed conditions to service or a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of the Hips, Arthritis of the Knees, Arthritis of the Ankles, Arthritis of the Hands
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2012
- Citation
- 1200510
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