The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a torn labrum of the left shoulder, finding that there was no evidence to support his contention that he injured his shoulder during service or that it arose as a result of his service-connected carpal tunnel syndrome.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions were uniformly negative and did not support the Veteran's claim, outweighed by the lack of in-service records and the absence of any medical evidence linking the current condition to service or service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- torn labrum left shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 9, 2022
- Citation
- 22045158
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