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 assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

November 14, 2019

Citation

19185610

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