The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of his claimed low back, right hip, left hip, right knee, left knee, right shoulder, and left shoulder conditions. The Board found that there was no evidence of in-service injury or aggravation leading to these current disabilities.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners concluded that the Veteran's current disabilities are not related to his service due to lack of pre-existing conditions aggravated by service or direct causation.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back condition, Right hip condition (status-post total hip replacement), Left hip condition, Right knee condition, Left knee condition, Right shoulder condition (status-post shoulder replacement surgery), Left shoulder condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 27, 2021
- Citation
- 21032689
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- Dismissed
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