The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for myositis, left scapula (claimed as a left shoulder disorder), including as due to an undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner diagnosed myositis and ruled out a relationship between the abnormalities and past esophageal symptoms or the presence of an undiagnosed illness. The Veteran's service-connected GERD was also considered, but no objective evidence supported any other digestive disability causing his left shoulder complaints.
- Claimed conditions
- myositis, left scapula (claimed as a left shoulder disorder)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2009
- Citation
- 0909377
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for myositis, and it has been dismissed.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for myositis, finding no nexus between the condition and either active duty or a service-connected disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development and to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed conditions, specifically Sjogren’s syndrome and an undifferentiated connective tissue disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection has been reopened, but the Board is remanding several issues including service connection for various back disabilities and peripheral neuropathy.
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