The Veteran's left hip disability, gout, and shoulder disabilities are not service-connected due to lack of evidence showing a direct relationship with service or herbicide exposure.,Service connection for the left knee disability and arthralgia of multiple joints is granted based on new evidence submitted after the March 1983 decision.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding that any of the claimed disabilities began during service or are otherwise related to herbicide exposure in service.,New evidence has been presented which shows continuity of symptoms since service, warranting reopening of the claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip disability, gout, left shoulder osteoarthritis and impingement syndrome, right shoulder osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 6, 2021
- Citation
- 21040733
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