The Board has determined that the Veteran's chronic joint pain of shoulders, wrists and ankles is a qualifying chronic disability under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317(a)(2), as it can be attributed to undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained multisymptom illness.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's arthralgias and loss of motion in his shoulders, wrists, and ankles could not be attributed to any known clinical diagnosis, making them a qualifying chronic disability under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317(a)(2).
- Claimed conditions
- Joint Pain of Shoulders, Joint Pain of Wrists, Joint Pain of Ankles
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2016
- Citation
- 1640504
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