The Veteran's claim for service connection for arthritis of multiple joints to include elbows, hands, knees, and feet has been reopened. His cervical spine disability is rated at 30 percent, while his lumbar spine disability remains at 40 percent. The Veteran's tinnitus on an extraschedular basis is remanded.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's back pain was not solely due to his service-connected conditions and recommended a higher rating based on extra-schedular considerations for tinnitus.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of multiple joints, chronic headaches (claimed as residual of a head injury), blindness of the left eye (claimed as residual of a head injury)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 24, 2012
- Citation
- 1225647
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection of arthritis of multiple joints due to the appellant's withdrawal.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and arthritis of multiple joints, finding that there was no evidence to support a link between these conditions and his active service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been dismissed due to his death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for arthritis of multiple joints, including as secondary to his service-connected multilevel degenerative disc disease with degenerative joint disease of the spine and degenerative spurring of the lower extremities (knees). The case is being returned for additional development.
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