The Board denied service connection for a left elbow condition as there was no causal relationship between the in-service complaint of lateral epicondylitis and the current diagnosis of medial epicondylitis.
The deciding factor: A VA examiner found that the Veteran's diagnosis of left elbow medial epicondylitis is less likely related to the in-service treatment for lateral epicondylitis, due to lack of a causal connection between the two conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- medial epicondylitis of the left elbow
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2020
- Citation
- A20008823
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