The Board denied service connection for a cervical spine condition and a right shoulder condition, finding no evidence that either condition was incurred in or caused by the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of a nexus between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's active duty service, as there were no records of treatment during service for these conditions and the post-service medical evidence did not establish a connection to service either directly or through secondary causation.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine condition, right shoulder condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2024
- Citation
- 24003810
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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