The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed conditions were not incurred or related to service, and therefore denied his claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish in-service incurrence or continuity of symptomatology following service for the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis of the shoulders, left arm disability including a neurological disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0937702
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for osteoarthritis of the hips, elbows, wrists, and shoulders, as well as the bilateral knee disability due to discrepancies in the medical evidence.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The claims are granted for osteoarthritis of the shoulders, knees, OSA, hypertension, CHF, diabetes, and PTSD.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for osteoarthritis of the cervical spine to include the shoulders and granted the claim, finding that there is at least equipoise evidence in favor of the Veteran's claims.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral shoulder disability, PTSD, and a back/neck disability. The decision found that there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease related to these conditions, and that any current disabilities were not shown to be related to service.
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