The Board found that the veteran's osteoarthritis in both knees and shoulders was not incurred or aggravated by service, as there is no evidence of such during service. The medical opinions provided did not support a finding that the current conditions are related to service.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions were provided indicating that the veteran's osteoarthritis is more likely due to natural aging process rather than in-service activities.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis of both knees, bilateral acromioclavicular (shoulder) osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 3, 2007
- Citation
- 0724155
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