The Veteran's claims for service connection for right hand rheumatoid arthritis, bilateral legs, and several other conditions have been granted. The effective dates are set based on the date of new evidence received.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that established a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis in multiple joints, which reopened the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand rheumatoid arthritis, left shoulder rheumatoid arthritis, right shoulder rheumatoid arthritis, left elbow rheumatoid arthritis, right elbow rheumatoid arthritis, left hip rheumatoid arthritis, right hip rheumatoid arthritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- February 14, 2024
- Citation
- 24007786
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied higher ratings for hypertension and left elbow rheumatoid arthritis, granted a 20 percent rating for dry eye syndrome, and remanded several service connection claims.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left chronic achilles tendonitis, right and left hand rheumatoid arthritis, Steven Johnson Syndrome, and an initial rating of 70 percent for Other Specified Trauma and Stressor-related disorder. The back disability claim was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development of evidence, including obtaining private treatment records.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the claims for service connection for left ankle and right hand rheumatoid arthritis as they were already pending at the AOJ.
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