The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have current disabilities of his right shoulder, groin, testes, or left knee. For the lumbar spine condition, while a current disability is present, there is no evidence to support service connection due to lack of in-service incurrence and insufficient medical nexus evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current lumbar spine conditions are not related to his military service as there was no in-service injury or incident and no competent medical opinion linking the condition to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative discogenic disease and osteoarthritis of the lumbar spine, Right shoulder disorder, Left groin pain with swelling testes, Left knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 12, 2009
- Citation
- 0930149
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