The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a right forearm disability, finding no evidence of arthritis or other diagnosed condition in service and no current diagnosis of such condition.
The deciding factor: There is no competent and credible evidence of a current diagnosis of a right arm disability during or proximate to the period on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- right forearm disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19150541
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased rating and service connection, as well as earlier effective dates for various conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's right forearm and hand disabilities, stating that the evidence does not show a current disability separate from existing service-connected conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including right and left forearm disabilities, neck sprain, bilateral hearing loss, right-hand disability, traumatic brain injury (TBI), bilateral flatfoot, and a compensable rating for right shoulder scar(s) associated with right shoulder strain, status post-surgery.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection of a right forearm disability, previously claimed as calcium buildup of the right elbow and arthritis of the right elbow, is reopened. The Board finds an additional VA examination to be warranted due to new evidence received since the May 1997 rating decision. Additionally, the issues of increased ratings for right foot hallux valgus and scars are remanded.
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