The Board finds that the Veteran's degenerative polyarthritis was incurred in or aggravated by active duty service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's degenerative polyarthritis was incurred during his active service, including as secondary to his service-connected hepatitis C.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative polyarthritis, reactive arthritis, undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2013
- Citation
- 1303805
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