The Veteran does not have arthritis, left shoulder.,The Veteran does not have arthritis, right shoulder.,The Veteran does not have arthritis, left arm.,The Veteran does not have arthritis, right arm.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims for service connection for arthritis of the shoulders and arms were denied as there is no evidence of such conditions during or after active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis, left shoulder, arthritis, right shoulder, arthritis, left arm, arthritis, right arm
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19125227
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Decisions by this judge: 1,030 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The veteran's service connection for arthritis in both shoulders was granted.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's surviving spouse's claims for service connection for irritable bowel syndrome, sleep apnea, right ankle condition, and arthritis of the left shoulder as DIC benefits because she remarried after his death.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection and increased ratings have been dismissed due to his withdrawal of all issues.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the veteran's claim for service connection for arthritis, right shoulder, as secondary to his service-connected reconstructive surgery, right shoulder, is not well-grounded.
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