The Board found no evidence of current arthritis of the elbows or shoulders, and concluded that these conditions were not incurred in service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a current disorder of arthritis of the elbows or shoulders, and the service medical records do not reflect any findings related to these joints.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of elbows, arthritis of shoulders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2005
- Citation
- 0513340
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