The Board denied service connection for bilateral shoulder, knee, lumbar spine, and cervical spine disabilities due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to service. The Veteran's representative did not respond to the RO’s request for additional information.,Service connection was also denied for TBI and chronic headache disability as there is no objective evidence supporting their existence or causation in service.

The deciding factor: The Board found that current diagnoses of bilateral shoulder, knee, lumbar spine, and cervical strain were not related to an in-service injury, event, or disease. The Veteran's representative did not respond to the RO’s request for additional information.,For TBI and chronic headache disability, the Board concluded there was no objective evidence supporting their existence or causation in service.

Claimed conditions

{"condition_name":"Bilateral Shoulder Strain","diagnosis_date":null,"service_connection_theory":"direct"}, {"condition_name":"Bilateral Knee Strain","diagnosis_date":null,"service_connection_theory":"direct"}, {"condition_name":"Lumbar Spine Strain","diagnosis_date":null,"service_connection_theory":"direct"}, {"condition_name":"Cervical Spine Strain","diagnosis_date":null,"service_connection_theory":"direct"}, {"condition_name":"Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)","diagnosis_date":null,"service_connection_theory":"secondary"}, {"condition_name":"Chronic Headache Disability","diagnosis_date":null,"service_connection_theory":"secondary"}

How they argued it

Not specified

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

August 5, 2019

Citation

19160538

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