The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for right bicipital tendonitis and rotator cuff degeneration, finding that these conditions are not related to her period of active service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: Examiners have attributed the veteran's symptoms to known diagnosed illnesses rather than to an undiagnosed illness or a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- right bicipital tendonitis, rotator cuff degeneration
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2003
- Citation
- 0329266
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for right bicipital tendonitis was withdrawn by the Veteran's authorized representative.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for cervical strain, lumbosacral strain, and right bicipital tendonitis as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or related to the Veteran's active military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's appeal for higher ratings on his service-connected back conditions and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy was denied. The issue of TDIU, which was raised as part of the appeal, was also not addressed in the July 2023 HLR decision. In March 2024, a rating decision granted TDIU effective October 3, 2023.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error, and now requires a VA medical opinion to assess whether the current right bicep condition is related to active service or service-connected conditions.
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