The Veteran's right shoulder condition was not incurred or aggravated during active duty service. The Board denied her claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence of a right shoulder dislocation in service, and the current disability is not related to an in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- status post dislocation of the right shoulder, chronic tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0913588
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