The Board denied service connection for various shoulder and foot conditions, as well as cervical spine fusion. The Veteran's right and left shoulder arthritis disabilities were not shown to meet the criteria for higher ratings.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that any of the claimed conditions are related to service or meet the criteria for higher disability ratings under VA rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Foot Condition, Back Injury, Cervical Spine Fusion, Right Shoulder Arthritis Disability, Left Shoulder Arthritis Disability, Right Shoulder Humerus Disability, Left Shoulder Humerus Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19162853
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