The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of degenerative arthritis of the left shoulder as secondary to his service-connected right anterior deltoid resection due to negative medical opinions and lack of a positive nexus.
The deciding factor: There were two negative nexus opinions from VA examiners, which precluded establishing a link between the service-connected condition and the claimed disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the left shoulder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19181160
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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