The Board has determined that the Veteran's psoriatic arthritis is related to his service-connected psoriasis and grants service connection for all claimed conditions on a secondary basis.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding of a nexus between the Veteran's diagnosed psoriatic arthritis and his service-connected psoriasis, warranting secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriatic arthritis of the right foot, psoriatic arthritis of the left foot, psoriatic arthritis of the left ankle, psoriatic arthritis of the left knee, psoriatic arthritis of the right shoulder, psoriatic arthritis of the left shoulder, psoriatic arthritis of the right elbow, psoriatic arthritis of the left elbow, psoriatic arthritis of the right wrist, psoriatic arthritis of the left wrist, psoriatic arthritis of the right hand, psoriatic arthritis of the left hand
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 23, 2021
- Citation
- A21018768
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