The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a dislocated left shoulder and neck pain, finding that these conditions are secondary to the veteran's service-connected left shoulder disability. Service connection for bilateral pes planus was denied as there is no competent medical evidence linking the current condition to service.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on continuity of symptomatology since service and a causal link between the current neck pain and the service-connected left shoulder disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Pes Planus, Residuals of a Dislocated Left Shoulder, Neck Pain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2000
- Citation
- 0014466
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