The Board found that the Veteran's right shoulder arthritis was not incurred in or aggravated by service, and is not related to his service-connected left shoulder disability. As a result, the claim for service connection was denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the current right shoulder condition is less likely as not secondary to the service-connected left shoulder disability and there were no service medical records indicating an injury or condition of the right shoulder during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Arthritis of the Right Shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2010
- Citation
- 1015649
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