The Board found that the veteran's service-connected gunshot wound to the right arm did not cause or aggravate his rotator cuff tear of the right shoulder.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a causal relationship between the veteran's service-connected gunshot wound and his current right shoulder disability.
- Claimed conditions
- rotator cuff tear of the right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2008
- Citation
- 0821869
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