The Board has denied service connection for chronic left shoulder disability and arthritis of the legs, hands, arms, and neck as there is no evidence showing these conditions are related to active service.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence linking current diagnoses or symptoms to service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic left shoulder disability, arthritis of the legs, hands, arms, and neck
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2000
- Citation
- 0007023
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis or etiological relationship to active duty service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a chronic cervical spine disability and a chronic left shoulder disability, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded all issues related to service connection for various disabilities due to inadequate medical opinions and the need for further examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate pre-decisional duty to assist errors, specifically regarding the adequacy of a VA opinion and its compliance with the Board's December 2021 remand order.
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