The Board found that arthritis in multiple joints is not related to service and is not secondary to service-connected rheumatic heart disease, and may not be presumed to be related to service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's arthritis was not present during service or within one year of separation from service. It also did not develop as a result of his service-connected rheumatic heart disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis in multiple joints
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2013
- Citation
- 1301999
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