The Board has determined that the appellant's claims for service connection of residuals of a left knee injury, head injury, and shoulder injury are not well-grounded. The appellant's left shoulder condition is found to be due to an in-service injury.
The deciding factor: The appellant's left shoulder condition was observed during service and continues to cause problems post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a left knee injury, residuals of a head injury, residuals of a left shoulder injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0012467
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