The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disorder, a right lower extremity disorder, a back disorder, and a chest disorder as there is no evidence of chronic disability in these areas.
The deciding factor: The competent evidence does not establish current disability of the right shoulder, right lower extremity, chest or back. There was no chronic disability due to any in-service pneumonia.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of right hand frostbite, Residuals of left hand frostbite, Right shoulder disorder, Right lower extremity disorder, Residuals of pneumonia, Back disorder, Chest disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0909876
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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