The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for right shoulder and left knee disorders, finding that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen these claims. The Board also found no nexus between the current conditions and service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence is against a finding of service connection for the claimed disabilities due to lack of medical documentation linking the current conditions to service or any other relevant factor.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder condition, left knee condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2004
- Citation
- 0404124
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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