The Board has determined that the veteran's current conditions of arthritis in both feet and residuals of a left shoulder injury with arthritis are not related to his time in service. The preponderance of evidence does not support a finding that these conditions were incurred or aggravated during his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the veteran's current foot and shoulder conditions to his time in service, and there is significant time between his separation from service and the onset of symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of both feet, residuals of a left shoulder injury with arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 5, 2008
- Citation
- 0826157
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