Denied
The Board denied service connection for lumbar spine, bilateral knee, hip, shoulder, and ankle disorders as they are not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident during service.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record does not support a finding that the Veteran's claimed conditions are related to his military service due to the lack of in-service documentation and the absence of continuity of symptoms post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disorder, bilateral knee disorder, bilateral hip disorder, bilateral shoulder disorder, bilateral ankle disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- 25014331
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