I have broad osteophyte complex w/ moderate foraminal stenosis in c6/7. neck pain, esp. left shoulder & arm. is a bone spur pressing on nerve root?

See below: Those symptoms may be due to compression of a nerve root from your cervical spine. Discuss this with your doctor.

Yes: Is a bone spur pressing on nerve root? Yes, most likely. That's what osteophyte complex means --- a bone spur. The foramen is the canal through which your nerve route travels. If there is a spur there, you will get pain in that nerve root.

Foraminal Stenosis: Typically, stenosis is most likely causing irritation to the nerve. While degenerativedisc disease or spondylosis, sometimes called an osteophytic complex can cause the forminal stenosis. Osteophytes on the right (front) of the vertebra are an unlikely cause, however, the whitening near the left (back) may impinge on the foramen.

Spinal stenosis: Do you have any arm numbness or weakness? If you have any of these symptoms then it's very well possible that you have a pinched nerve by the spur. From your hx I could guess you are tendency to have Arthritis in other joints like shoulder, make sure your shoulder pain is not due to Arthritis. Talk to your provider they should be able to help you better as they can examine you. Good luck.