The Board granted service connection for left knee pain, right elbow pain, left elbow pain, right knee pain, left shoulder pain, and right shoulder pain based on the evidence being in approximate balance that these conditions are related to military service.
The deciding factor: The private provider's opinion and credible lay statements provided sufficient evidence to establish a nexus between the Veteran's current disabilities and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee pain (claimed as left knee bursitis), right elbow pain (claimed as right elbow bursitis), left elbow pain (claimed as left elbow bursitis), right knee pain (claimed as right knee bursitis), left shoulder pain, right shoulder pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25050083
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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