The Board denied service connection for degenerative disease of the right shoulder and hands, including as secondary to arthralgia-myalgia syndrome, probable rheumatoid arthritis, and arthritis of left shoulder. The evidence did not show that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.

The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find a direct link between the veteran's current joint complaints and his service-connected arthralgia-myalgia syndrome, probable rheumatoid arthritis, and there was no evidence of chronicity of the claimed conditions within one year after service.

Claimed conditions

{"condition_name":"Degenerative disease of the right shoulder","joint_affected":"Right shoulder"}, {"condition_name":"Degenerative arthritis of the hands (including rotator cuff tear)","joint_affected":"Hands"}, {"condition_name":"Arthritis of left shoulder","joint_affected":"Left shoulder"}

How they argued it

Secondary to another service-connected condition

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

April 25, 2006

Citation

0611879

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