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Repatriation Medical Authority Statement

Rheumatoid arthritis - Treatment with a drug that causes rheumatoid arthritis Factor

Last reviewed for CCPS 22 December 2008.

Investigative Documents

Medical Report - Treatment with a Drug that Causes Rheumatoid Arthritis [MR9312]

Preliminary questions [34580]

34651

there is some evidence that treatment with a drug that causes rheumatoid arthritis may be a factor in the development of the condition under consideration.

34652 the veteran has been treated with a drug that causes rheumatoid arthritis at some time.

34653

the veteran was treated with a drug that causes rheumatoid arthritis for an illness or injury which is identifiable.

34655

for the identified illness or injury, the veteran was treated with a drug that causes rheumatoid arthritis within the eight weeks before the clinical onset of the condition under consideration.

34659 — the veteran has established the causal connection between treatment with a drug that causes rheumatoid arthritis and operational service for the clinical onset of rheumatoid arthritis.

Clinical onset and operational service [34659]

34656 — the identified illness or injury for which the veteran was being treated with a drug that causes rheumatoid arthritis is causally related to operational service.