The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current left shoulder disability and therefore, service connection for this condition cannot be established.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence of a current diagnosis or etiology of a left shoulder disability related to active service.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder rotator cuff tendinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2018
- Citation
- 1816198
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's appeal for higher ratings and earlier effective dates for various conditions, except for granting earlier effective dates for service connection of left and right shoulder rotator cuff tendinitis.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of February 26, 2021, for the award of service connection for bilateral shin splints but denied earlier effective dates for the other conditions.
- Denied
The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 19, 2016, for the grant of service connection for tinnitus and denied earlier effective dates for other conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the service connection claims for left shoulder rotator cuff tendinitis and right knee strain due to a lack of verification of the Veteran's reserve component service dates.
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