The Board denied service connection for a shoulder disorder, finding that the evidence did not show it was incurred in or aggravated by service and that any current shoulder disability is not related to a service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The claimant's shoulder disorder was not shown during service and there is no medical evidence linking the current disorder to service or to a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- shoulder disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2005
- Citation
- 0522853
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