The Board found no evidence of a shoulder or forearm injury in service and insufficient continuity of symptoms to establish service connection for the claimed disabilities.
The deciding factor: There is no competent credible evidence of a shoulder or forearm disability in service, and the Veteran's statements regarding continuity of symptoms since service are not supported by the medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral shoulder DJD, bilateral forearm disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 23, 2015
- Citation
- 1507737
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- Denied
The Board found no evidence of a service-connected condition for the claimed disabilities and denied all claims.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for headaches. The Board also finds that there is sufficient evidence to support a grant of service connection for neck, back, and bilateral forearm disabilities due to an in-service injury sustained during ACDUTRA duty.
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