The Board denied service connection for arthritis of multiple joints, including the left hand, left wrist, bilateral hips, bilateral ankles, and bilateral feet.,The Board also denied service connection for right great toe gout and left great toe gout. The Board found that these conditions did not manifest within one year of discharge from service or were not related to service.
The deciding factor: Service connection was denied as the Veteran's arthritis, right great toe gout, and left great toe gout did not manifest within one year of discharge from service and there is no evidence linking these conditions to service.,The Board found that the Veteran's gout of multiple joints, including the left ankle, also did not meet the criteria for service connection as it was not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of multiple joints, including the left hand, left wrist, bilateral hips, bilateral ankles, and bilateral feet, Right great toe gout, Left great toe gout, Gout of multiple joints, including the left ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2017
- Citation
- 1719661
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