The Board denied service connection for a right upper arm/shoulder disability as there was no medical evidence of a current disability and no competent evidence linking any such disability to the veteran's period of service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical or other persuasive evidence that the veteran has had a disability of the right upper arm or shoulder at any time pertinent to this claim, and even assuming the existence of a current disability, there is no competent evidence of a nexus between such disability and service.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper arm/shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2008
- Citation
- 0810455
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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