The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed right shoulder, elbow, and wrist disabilities are not related to service. The VA examiners have provided opinions indicating there is no evidence of a chronic disability from service or any link between current conditions and service.
The deciding factor: VA examiners found no evidence of a chronic condition from service and opined that the Veteran's current right shoulder, elbow, and wrist disabilities are more likely age-related than related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Bursitis, Right Elbow Tendonitis, Right Wrist Tendinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2018
- Citation
- 1817310
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