The Board has determined that the appellant's claimed conditions, including vaginal hysterectomy, left shoulder disorder (including frozen joint), and right shoulder disorder (including frozen joint), were not incurred or aggravated during periods of active duty for training. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions are related to service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence fails to show a direct link between the appellant's claimed conditions and her periods of active duty for training, with no competent medical opinion linking any of the conditions to the June 15, 1998 incident or to her pre-existing conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Total vaginal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for menometrorrhagia, dysmenorrhea, and uterine fibroid, Bilateral frozen shoulder including left axillary cyst, {"condition_name":"Right Shoulder Disorder (Frozen Joint)"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0611715
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