The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right arm injury, as there was no evidence of a current disability or that the claimed condition is related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran had a right arm injury during active service, nor within one year after discharge. There was also no indication that any current right arm condition may be associated with his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- right arm injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2009
- Citation
- 0908687
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