The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for left shoulder, right knee, and left knee disorders are not well grounded. The claim for an increased evaluation of lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease is granted to a 20 percent rating based on moderate functional impairment.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not link the veteran's current left shoulder, right knee, and left knee conditions to service or a service-connected disability. The low back condition is currently rated at 20 percent due to moderate limitation of motion with associated symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Shoulder Disorder, Right Knee Disorder, Left Knee Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- June 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0017098
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