The Board denied service connection for left shoulder, right shoulder, and neck conditions claimed as secondary to a service-connected lumbar strain. The Veteran's claims were based on subjective complaints of pain but lacked objective medical evidence supporting the presence of these conditions.
The deciding factor: There was no current diagnosis of a bilateral shoulder or neck condition found in the record, and the VA examiner concluded that there was no evidence of functional loss or impairment for the shoulders. The Veteran's claims were denied as lacking sufficient evidence to support her contention of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder condition (claimed as shoulder pain), right shoulder condition (claimed as shoulder pain), neck condition (claimed as neck pain), headache condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19146150
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What you can do next
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