The Board found that the Veteran's current left arm bursitis did not originate in service or until many years thereafter, and is otherwise not related to service.
The deciding factor: VA compensation and pension examination concluded that the condition was less likely than not due to the Veteran's 1983 left arm injury during service.
- Claimed conditions
- left arm bursitis, left elbow bursitis, left shoulder bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2013
- Citation
- 1316712
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