The Board denied service connection for right hip pain, right shoulder pain, and right wrist pain as there is no evidence of a current disability during or contemporaneous to the pendency of the claim.,VA medical records do not show any diagnosed condition related to right hip pain, right shoulder pain, or right wrist pain.
The deciding factor: The available evidence does not support finding a current disability manifesting with right hip pain, right shoulder pain, or right wrist pain has existed during the pendency of or contemporaneous to the filing of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Pain, Right Shoulder Pain, Right Wrist Pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 9, 2024
- Citation
- A24045440
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including GAD, MDD, bruxism, migraines/headaches, tinnitus, hip pain, iliotibial band syndrome, and leg stress fractures. The evidence does not support current diagnoses of these conditions during the appeal period.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right shoulder pain, left shoulder pain, and left upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome. The conditions are considered to be directly related to the Veteran's military service.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal seeking an effective date earlier than December 17, 2012 for the award of service connection for right hip pain is dismissed. The Veteran's initial disability rating for his service-connected right hip pain remains at 10 percent.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran requested to withdraw his appeal for the listed conditions, and the Board has dismissed the appeal as a result.
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