The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a right shoulder injury and residuals of a back injury, finding no current disabilities and insufficient medical evidence to link these conditions to active service.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical opinion linking the claimed injuries to active service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right shoulder injury, residuals of a back injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2002
- Citation
- 0214544
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What this means for you
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