Denied
The Board denied service connection for joint pains or a disability of multiple joints, finding that the Veteran's joint pain is not causally related to his service and does not meet the criteria for an undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion concluded that the Veteran's joint pain was more consistent with osteoarthritis than fibromyalgia and did not meet the diagnostic criteria for a medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness.
- Claimed conditions
- joint pains or a disability of multiple joints
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- 25013836
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