The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased evaluations for defective hearing in the right ear, arthritis of the knees, arthritis of the neck (cervical spine), residuals of left shoulder injury with degenerative arthritis of the glenohumeral joint, and nummular eczema.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a chronic disability for which service connection might be granted in any of these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of the knees, Arthritis of the neck (cervical spine), Defective hearing in the right ear, Degenerative arthritis of the left glenohumeral joint, Nummular eczema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2003
- Citation
- 0308658
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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