The Board found that the veteran's right shoulder disability was not incurred in service and denied his claim. The hepatitis C claim was also denied as there is no evidence of its occurrence during service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner indicated that all extremity problems were directly attributable to the veteran's head injury, suggesting any current right shoulder condition did not arise from service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of closed head injury, right shoulder disability, hepatitis C
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2006
- Citation
- 0602740
What this means for you
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