The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current diagnosis of costochondritis, left ankle disability, or chronic right shoulder disorder. As such, service connection for these conditions is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no probative medical evidence linking any of the claimed conditions to active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Costochondritis, Left ankle disability, Right shoulder disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2003
- Citation
- 0327783
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