The Board has determined that the veteran does not have bursitis/tendonitis of the left shoulder or carpal tunnel syndrome, left wrist, related to service or his service-connected residuals gunshot wound to the right hand. Therefore, he is denied these claims.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows no current diagnoses of bursitis/tendonitis of the left shoulder or carpal tunnel syndrome, left wrist, and there is no medical opinion linking these conditions to service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Bursitis/tendonitis of the left shoulder, Carpal tunnel syndrome, left wrist
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 4, 2004
- Citation
- 0421376
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