The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of his bilateral shoulder injury and bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, finding that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen his original claim. The decision also noted that there was no causal link between the Veteran's current disabilities and his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not provide sufficient findings to establish a connection between the Veteran's current bilateral shoulder disability(ies) and/or upper extremity peripheral neuropathy with his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Shoulder Injury, Bilateral Upper Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2017
- Citation
- 1727302
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