The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for degenerative joint disease of the back, elbows, and shoulders as it was not shown to be due to any incident or event in active service, nor can it be presumed to have been incurred in service.
The deciding factor: The competent and probative medical evidence preponderated against a finding that the veteran's degenerative joint disease of the back, elbows, and shoulders were related to his military service or secondary to his service-connected TMJ intracapsular dysfunction with disk involvement.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the back, Degenerative joint disease of the elbows, Degenerative joint disease of the shoulders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0904451
What this means for you
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