The Board has denied service connection for back, left knee, right knee, left shoulder, and right shoulder conditions as there is no evidence linking these disabilities to the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: There is no credible lay or medical evidence showing a link between the current diagnoses of back, knee, and shoulder conditions and the Veteran's military service.
- Claimed conditions
- back condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, left shoulder condition, right shoulder condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2020
- Citation
- A20015403
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a back condition, finding no evidence of a nexus between the in-service incident and the current disability.
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