The Board has denied the veteran's claims for a compensable initial disability rating for traumatic arthritis of the right shoulder and service connection for numbness in fingertips, right hand.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support granting an increased disability rating or establishing a link between the current symptoms and service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic arthritis of the right shoulder, Vision condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0638063
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What this means for you
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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The Board granted a 40 percent rating for L4-L5 space narrowing degenerative arthritis prior to January 14, 2025, and denied higher ratings for the other conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychological condition, and a vision condition due to incomplete evidence regarding the Veteran's service records.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including type II diabetes mellitus and psychiatric disorders, were denied as the evidence did not establish a link between these conditions and his military service or exposure to environmental toxins at Fort McClellan, Alabama.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for traumatic arthritis of the right hand and right shoulder, finding no evidence that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service, nor any evidence linking them to the veteran's service-connected shell fragment wounds.
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