The Board has determined that the Veteran's left shoulder disability did not manifest during or as a result of active military service. The claim is therefore denied.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records do not contain any documentation of any shoulder problems at all, and there was no acute documentation in the service treatment records regarding the bicycle accident which resulted in the current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 29, 2016
- Citation
- 1607833
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