The Board has determined that the appellant's right shoulder and cervical spine conditions were not caused or aggravated by treatment provided at a VA medical facility in April 1993, and thus compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 is denied.
The deciding factor: VA treatment did not result in additional disability that probably would have been avoided if the right shoulder condition had been diagnosed and treated earlier or if the cervical spine condition was properly evaluated and managed.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Condition, Cervical Spine Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2003
- Citation
- 0333998
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