The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's claimed disabilities, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between his current conditions and his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the Veteran's current left shoulder disorder, peripheral neuropathy, essential tremors, or bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome to his military service. The Veteran's assertions of continuity of symptoms since service are not credible given the lack of contemporaneous reports and the absence of any such complaints in VA examination records.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of Left Shoulder Injury, Peripheral Neuropathy, Essential Tremors, Bilateral Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2010
- Citation
- 1045840
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