The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hip disorders. The RO previously granted service connection for hemorrhoids but assigned a noncompensable rating.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence of current disabilities in any of the claimed conditions that are attributable to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Elbow Disorder, Bilateral Hip Disorder, Bilateral Shoulder Disorder, Bilateral Wrist Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 9, 2003
- Citation
- 0312233
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 499 · Granted: 18% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and a bilateral hip disorder due to issues with the evidence and need for further medical opinions.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected conditions, including PTSD and multiple orthopedic disabilities, have rendered her unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment since March 6, 2013.
- Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates of February 1, 2021, for the awards of service connection and secondary service connection for various disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including TBI, migraine headache disorder, bilateral shoulder disorder, and others, as the evidence did not support a finding of current disability or nexus to service.
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