The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disability, finding that the evidence did not support a link between the current condition and an in-service injury.,The Board also denied service connection for infertility due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp LeJeune, concluding there was no current diagnosis of infertility.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no chronic right shoulder disability during service and noted that the Veteran completed four years of active service despite her in-service injury. The examiner also determined that the Veteran did not have a current diagnosis of infertility.,The Board gave more weight to the August 2015 VA examiner's findings, which concluded there was no evidence of infertility.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder disability, infertility
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19195511
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