The Board denied service connection for a left elbow disorder, finding no in-service injury or chronic condition and insufficient evidence of continuity of symptoms.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show an in-service injury or chronic condition related to the current left elbow disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- ostearthritis, lateral epicondylitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20059369
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