The Board found no evidence of a chronic right shoulder disability in service or for several years thereafter, and concluded that the Veteran's current right shoulder condition is more likely due to normal aging than an incident while in the military.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners' opinions were of greater probative value than the Veteran's contentions regarding his right shoulder disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Pain, Right Shoulder Bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1035676
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