The Board found that the Veteran's current right elbow disorder is not related to service and denied his claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's right elbow condition was more likely due to gradual aging of the joint, rather than any event or injury during service, including a reported incident in 1980. The examiner also found no medical nexus between the current disorder and his service-connected right shoulder disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Elbow Degenerative Arthritis, Medial Epicondylitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2017
- Citation
- 1713432
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