The Board has granted service connection for olecranon bursitis with olecranon bone spurs of the bilateral elbows, finding that it was incurred during active duty.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found a diagnosis consistent with chronic olecranon bursitis and noted incidental findings of bilateral bone spurs on X-rays, linking these to service in Southwest Asia (Iraq).
- Claimed conditions
- olecranon bursitis, olecranon bone spurs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19149086
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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