The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for residuals of a right shoulder injury, back injury, hypertrophied tonsils, and right hydrocele. The conditions preexisted service or were not shown to have been aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing that any of these conditions worsened during service.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder injury, back injury, hypertrophied tonsils, right hydrocele
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2000
- Citation
- 0010882
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