The Board has granted service connection for bilateral knee and right ankle disorders, finding that current disabilities are of service onset or attributable to military service. The remaining issues remain on appeal.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for bilateral knee and right ankle disorders due to inservice injury and overuse during active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral shoulder disorder, bilateral knee disorder, bilateral hand disorder, right ankle disorder, left wrist disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2014
- Citation
- 1428647
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