Denied
The Board denied the claims for an increased rating for the left shoulder disorder, service connection for a cervical spine disorder, service connection for a right arm disorder, and service connection for a left arm disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's conditions were not shown to be causally related or aggravated by his service-connected bursitis, tendonitis and deformity of the left clavicle.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder (non-dominant) bursitis and tendonitis with clavicle deformity and arthritis, cervical spine disorder, right arm disorder, left arm disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25015289
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