The Board has remanded the claims for lumbar disability, left arm disability, right shoulder strain, right wrist degenerative joint disease, left foot disability, and right foot disability due to new evidence received since the November 2009 rating decision.,Your current claim of service connection for a left arm disability is denied as there is no currently diagnosed condition. The Board found that your left arm was normal at separation from service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not support finding that any of these conditions began during service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.,There is no current diagnosis of a left arm disability. The VA examination found your left arm was normal at separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar disability, left arm disability, right shoulder strain, right wrist degenerative joint disease, left foot disability, right foot disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19114850
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What this means for you
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