The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have arthritis in his right shoulder or right arm/elbow, and therefore service connection for these conditions is denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding of arthritis in the Veteran's right shoulder or right arm/elbow, and there is no causal relationship established between any current disability and service.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the right shoulder, arthritis of the right arm/elbow
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2017
- Citation
- 1703321
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- Denied
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