The Board has determined that the veteran's adhesive capsulitis of both shoulders did not manifest during service or due to any incident therein, and no competent medical evidence links these conditions to active service. As a result, the claim for service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: No competent medical evidence established an in-service onset or etiology of adhesive capsulitis of either shoulder, and there was no indication that such condition was aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- adhesive capsulitis of the right shoulder, adhesive capsulitis of the left shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2002
- Citation
- 0201452
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