The Board found that the current multiple joint pain, including bilateral shoulder tendonitis and impingement syndrome, bilateral elbow tendonitis, bilateral wrist tendonitis, and bilateral hand tendonitis, did not have onset in service or be otherwise related to an injury or event during service. Therefore, service connection was denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the current disabilities were less likely than not incurred in service due to non-traumatic motions in the joints and lack of a specific incident associated with the joint symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple joint pain, namely, bilateral shoulder tendonitis and impingement syndrome, Bilateral elbow tendonitis, Bilateral wrist tendonitis, Bilateral hand tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2013
- Citation
- 1314383
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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