The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left knee arthritis, but denied service connection for his left shoulder osteoarthritis. The left knee condition is related to service due to a motor vehicle accident (MVA), while the left shoulder condition is not.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the current left shoulder condition is less likely as not caused by or aggravated by service-connected conditions, and there was no evidence of chronicity in service for the shoulder condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder osteoarthritis, left knee arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- June 21, 2018
- Citation
- 18113132
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