The Board denied service connection for a lumbar spine disability, right shoulder disability, and right knee disability. The Veteran's lumbar spine disability is not related to his military service due to lack of continuity of symptomatology since service. His right shoulder disability was also not related to service as there is no evidence of in-service injury or treatment. For the right knee disability, the Board found that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosed condition.,reasoning
The deciding factor:
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"lumbar spine disability","type_of_disability":"degenerative disc disease"}, {"condition_name":"right shoulder disability","type_of_disability":"shoulder impingement syndrome and residuals of a right shoulder arthroscopy and bicep tenotomy"}, {"condition_name":"right knee disability","type_of_disability":null}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2020
- Citation
- 20064500
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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