The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral shoulder and knee disabilities, finding that there is no persuasive evidence linking these conditions to his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by VA examiners were negative regarding a nexus between the current diagnoses of degenerative arthritis in both shoulders and knees and any in-service injury or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of both shoulders, Degenerative arthritis of both knees
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2022
- Citation
- 22013335
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