The Board has determined that the veteran does not have residuals of a dislocated bone of the right shoulder or impaired hearing due to service. The claims are therefore denied.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of current disabilities for which service connection can be granted, and the medical records do not support any such diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a dislocated bone of the right shoulder, impaired hearing
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 30, 2008
- Citation
- 0825469
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