The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection due to lack of evidence linking his current disabilities to service, and also denied a temporary total rating based on hospitalization. The cervical spine disability was presumed as within one year of separation from service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence establishing a causal relationship between the appellant's current conditions and his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of the cervical spine with associated radiculopathy, Left shoulder disability (likely related to a post-service injury), Temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ) dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0014957
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