The Board denied service connection for left-knee disorder, bilateral-shoulder disorder, and blood clots due to the absence of evidence showing a pre-service or in-service onset.,Service connection was not granted as there is no evidence of any knee condition during active duty.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a pre-existing left-knee disorder or an in-service injury that led to the current condition, and service records do not indicate any such conditions existed prior to separation.
- Claimed conditions
- left-knee disorder, bilateral-shoulder disorder, blood clots
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19170137
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