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Whole decision: Denied

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including right and left shoulder disorders, ulcers, prostate disorder, hemoglobin disorder, cervical spine disorder, lumbar spine disorder, cardiac disorder, acquired psychiatric disorder, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, dementia and Alzheimer's disease, kidney disorder, right knee disorder, left knee disorder, eye disorder, and hypertension. The Board found no evidence of a nexus between these conditions and service.

The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence did not support a finding that any of the claimed conditions began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.

Claimed conditions
right shoulder degenerative joint disease, left shoulder degenerative joint disease, ulcers, prostate disorder, hemoglobin disorder, cervical spine degenerative disc disease, lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, cardiac disorder, acquired psychiatric disorder, left lower extremity radiculopathy, right lower extremity radiculopathy, dementia and Alzheimer's disease, kidney disorder, right knee degenerative joint disease, left knee degenerative joint disease, eye disorder, hypertension
How they argued it
Direct service connection
Exposure basis
None
Rating
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Decision date
November 14, 2019
Citation
19185610

Veterans Law Judge

A. C. MACKENZIE

Decisions by this judge: 2,548 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)

Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.

This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 19185610.

What this means for you

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What you can do next

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