The Veteran's current diagnoses are not related to service, and the Board denied his claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the current diagnoses were more likely due to driving trucks after service rather than injuries during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Elbow Strain, Thoracic and/or Lumbar Spine Strain, Right Knee Osgood-Schlatter's Disease (already service-connected), Left Knee Osgood-Schlatter's Disease (already service-connected), Right Hand/Finger Pain, Left Knee Swelling
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2021
- Citation
- 21077132
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- Granted
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- Denied
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