The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral shoulder disorder, finding no in-service event and insufficient evidence of continuity of symptomatology to establish service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no in-service event resulting in a bilateral shoulder condition and no evidence of continuity of symptoms post-service. The veteran's account of an in-service vehicle incident was not supported by the service medical records, which did not mention any such injury. There were also no VA or private treatment records documenting the claimed disability until after separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral shoulder disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2008
- Citation
- 0802320
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral shoulder, knee and foot disorders. Service connection was denied for residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and sleep disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral shoulder disorder as it was less likely than not related to the Veteran's service or caused by falls due to his service-connected hip and lumbar spine disabilities.
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