The Board finds that the Veteran's current right arm/shoulder disability was not incurred in service and is not caused or aggravated by a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: VA examinations have determined that the Veteran's current right shoulder condition is more likely than not related to normal age progression, rather than his service-connected fractures of multiple fingers and hand conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Right arm/shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2013
- Citation
- 1308417
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's application to reopen the claim for service connection for a right shoulder disorder was granted. The claims for left arm/shoulder and right arm/shoulder disabilities were denied, with the latter being remanded.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a low back disability, left leg disability (to include as secondary to a low back disability), and right arm/shoulder disability due to the lack of evidence linking these conditions to active military service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including another VA examination to address the relationship between his service-connected residuals of a fracture and any diagnosed right arm/shoulder disability.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a VA examination to evaluate his claim for a right arm/shoulder disability and determine its relationship to his service-connected residuals of a fracture of the right middle finger; index finger; ring finger; and hand condition, other than the residuals of fractured fingers.
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