The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine, right hip, and right shoulder as secondary to his service-connected thoracolumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a direct link between the claimed conditions and service or any service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine, Degenerative joint disease of the right hip, Degenerative joint disease of the right shoulder, Degenerative joint disease of the left shoulder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1024396
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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