The Board has denied service connection for warts of the right elbow, left elbow, left shoulder, and right shoulder. The Veteran's warts are not considered to have begun during active service or be related to an in-service injury or disease.,Service connection for bilateral open angle glaucoma and hypertension is also denied as there is no evidence showing these conditions began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's warts of the right elbow, left elbow, left shoulder, and right shoulder began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.,There is no evidence showing that the Veteran's bilateral open angle glaucoma or hypertension began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- warts of the right elbow, warts of the left elbow, warts of the left shoulder, warts of the right shoulder, bilateral open angle glaucoma, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2021
- Citation
- A21017550
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
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