The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right shoulder and left knee disabilities, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between these conditions and active service or any service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by VA did not establish a link between the current disabilities and either active service or any service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease and Bicipital Tendinitis of the Right Shoulder, Arthritis of the Left Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 26, 2013
- Citation
- 1327368
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