The Veteran's claims for service connection of his right knee, right hip, left hip, bilateral foot, bilateral ankle conditions, and joint pain are granted as they are found to be related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The positive nexus opinions provided by Dr. Miller support the finding that these conditions are at least as likely as not caused or aggravated by the Veteran's military service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee condition, right shoulder condition, right hip condition, left hip condition, bilateral foot condition, bilateral ankle condition, joint pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- December 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20077328
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What this means for you
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