The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings for polyarthralgia as an active process is denied. The Board finds that the Veteran does not have symptoms that more closely approximate constitutional manifestations associated with active joint involvement that is totally incapacitating.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's disability is rated under Diagnostic Code 5002, which prohibits combining a rating for an active process with residual ratings for limitation of motion or ankylosis. The Veteran does not have symptoms that meet the criteria for a 100% rating under Diagnostic Code 5002.
- Claimed conditions
- Polyarthralgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 2, 2017
- Citation
- 1706371
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