The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for right and left knee osteoarthritis, left leg pain, and right shin/leg pain. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by military service.
The deciding factor: There was insufficient credible supporting evidence to corroborate the Veteran's claimed in-service stressors and his reported injuries from a motorcycle accident during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee osteoarthritis status post total knee replacement, Left knee osteoarthritis status post TKR, Left leg pain, Right leg/shin pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2017
- Citation
- 1760691
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