The Board has determined that the Veteran's arthritis of the bilateral knees, right hip, and right shoulder is related to service. However, hypertension was not present in service or until years thereafter and is not etiologically related to any incident of active duty service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of an injury during service for hypertension, and the Veteran did not report a history of high blood pressure on separation examination forms.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knees, right hip, right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- October 25, 2017
- Citation
- 1747815
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