Granted
The Board grants an effective date of December 8, 2021, for the grant of service connection for multi-joint arthritis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran timely and properly filed his intent to file a claim on December 8, 2021, and had the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis at that time.
- Claimed conditions
- multi-joint arthritis (except post-traumatic and gout), 2 or more joints, as an active process
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25096321
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