The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection of arthritis of the shoulders and increased disability evaluations for his service-connected sinusitis and lumbar strain with mild degenerative changes. The Board found no evidence of arthritis in either shoulder during active duty or within one year post-service, and concluded that any current arthritis is not related to service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show arthritis of the shoulders during service or within one year post-service, and there was no competent evidence linking the veteran's current condition to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the shoulders, mild degenerative changes of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2000
- Citation
- 0016801
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