The Board has determined that the Veteran's current left knee degenerative arthritis was not manifest in service or to a degree of 10 percent within one year of separation and is unrelated to service. The Board also found no relationship between any current right or left shoulder disability, as shown by MRI reports from July 2014, and service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's current right and left shoulder disabilities are less likely than not related to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee degenerative arthritis, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2016
- Citation
- 1610006
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