The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for total right shoulder replacement, total right hip replacement, and total left hip replacement. The Board found that there is no evidence of a chronic condition in service or continuity of symptomatology after service to support these claims.,Service connection was also denied for residuals of a right ankle injury.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not show that any of the Veteran's current disabilities were incurred during his active duty service. The Board found no credible assertion of continuity of symptomatology since service and no competent medical opinion linking these conditions to service.,For the right ankle injury, the VA examiner concluded that it is less likely than not related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Total Right Shoulder Replacement, Total Right Hip Replacement, Total Left Hip Replacement, Residuals of a Right Ankle Injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19156990
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