The Board has denied service connection for bilateral shoulder disorder and bilateral knee disorder as there is no evidence of in-service injury or chronicity of symptoms, and the Veteran's assertions are not credible.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claimed conditions were not shown to have been present during service or within one year after separation, and her statements regarding continuity of symptomatology are not credible given the lack of contemporaneous medical records indicating such.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Shoulder Disorder, Bilateral Knee Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2024
- Citation
- 24011394
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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