The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for chronic left knee arthritis, bilateral shin splints, and a torn left calf muscle as there was no evidence showing these conditions were incurred or aggravated during active service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence did not show that the Veteran’s claimed disabilities had their onset in service or are otherwise related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic left knee arthritis, bilateral shin splints, torn left calf muscle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19124519
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Denied
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