The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right shoulder condition, finding that there was no evidence linking his current disability to any in-service injury or event.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the current diagnosis of right shoulder condition is less likely than not related to the claimed in-service injury and that the Veteran's statements regarding causation are not competent evidence sufficient to establish service connection for his right shoulder condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Right shoulder condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19115693
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