The Board denied service connection for right ankle and shoulder disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support a link to active duty.,The Veteran's service-connected right elbow disability was not found to have caused or aggravated his claimed right shoulder disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners determined that there was no medical evidence linking the current right ankle and shoulder disabilities to the Veteran's military service, including his service-connected right elbow disability.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right ankle strain, residuals of a right shoulder strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2011
- Citation
- 1102498
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