Denied
The Board denied service connection for right and left shoulder disorders, cervical spine disorder, and a rating in excess of 40 percent for lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a causal relationship between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's active duty service or any service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder disorder, left shoulder disorder, cervical spine disorder, lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease (DDD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2025
- Citation
- 25013344
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