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The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disorder and bilateral shoulder disability, finding no evidence of in-service injury or disease related to these conditions. The cervical spine spondylosis is attributed to natural aging process.

The deciding factor: The VA examiners found that the current cervical spine spondylosis and shoulder complaints are not related to service due to lack of documented in-service injury or disease, and because the symptoms are more likely attributable to the Veteran's age-related degenerative changes rather than a specific incident during military service.

Claimed conditions
Low Back Disorder (claimed as low back pain), Bilateral Shoulder Disability (claimed as bilateral shoulder pain)
How they argued it
Direct service connection
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
May 4, 2010
Citation
1016553

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