The Board has granted service connection for gouty arthritis of the right wrist, right shoulder, and bilateral knees. The Veteran's current gouty arthritis is directly related to his previously service-connected gouty arthritis of the feet and ankles.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the Veteran's current gouty arthritis of the right wrist, right shoulder, and bilateral knees are a progression of his previously service-connected gouty arthritis of the feet and ankles.
- Claimed conditions
- gouty arthritis of the right wrist, gouty arthritis of the right shoulder, gouty arthritis of the bilateral knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2013
- Citation
- 1318219
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for gouty arthritis of the left index finger, right hand, and right and left elbows, as well as the right wrist, left wrist, and left ankle due to clear and unmistakable error in previous rating decisions. The motion to revise the January 16, 2019 rating decision that denied service connection for gouty arthritis of the right ankle, right knee, left knee, right shoulder, left shoulder, right hip, and left hip was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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