The Board found that the veteran's current neck injury is not related to his service-connected right knee disorder and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions indicated that there was no link between the veteran's current neck injury and his service-connected right knee disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- neck injury, right shoulder injury
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2002
- Citation
- 0209464
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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