The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various nerve conditions, including a right shoulder condition and lower back disability. The evidence does not support a finding that any of these disabilities began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service event, injury, or disease.
The deciding factor: There is no persuasive evidence showing the Veteran's current right shoulder condition, lower back condition, or radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities were incurred during his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder condition, lower back condition, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, external cutaneous nerve, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, femoral nerve, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, ilio-inguinal nerve, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, obturator nerve, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, sciatic nerve, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, sciatic nerve, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, femoral nerve, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, ilio-inguinal nerve, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, obturator nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2024
- Citation
- A24067100
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