The Veteran's service connection claims for various joint disabilities, including arthritis of the hands, feet, legs, and shoulders, were granted. The conditions are considered to be due to natural progression or injury during service.
The deciding factor: The VA medical records provided objective evidence of chronic joint pain and disability that can be attributed to service without requiring a presumption of undiagnosed illness or other special consideration.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder arthritis, arthritis of both hands, arthritis of both feet, arthritis of both legs, arthritis of the right shoulder, arthritis of both ankles, arthritis of the cervical and lumbar segments of the spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 17, 2017
- Citation
- 1753086
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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