The Board has determined that the Veteran's tendonitis of the right elbow was incurred in active military service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Service connection is granted as there is evidence of a current disability, in-service incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury, and a causal relationship between the present disability and the disease or injury incurred or aggravated during service.
- Claimed conditions
- tendonitis of the right elbow, gastrointestinal disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 2, 2012
- Citation
- 1207968
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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