The Board denied service connection for a lumbar spine disability, right knee disability, and left knee disability as there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease related to the disabilities, and no evidence that the disabilities were incurred in or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no evidence of chronicity of care after separation from service and noted that the Veteran denied experiencing back pain approximately two years after his original injury. The Board found these opinions probative and based on accurate facts.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability, to include lumbosacral strain with lumbar radiculopathy, right knee disability, to include osteoarthritis, left knee disability, to include tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25110647
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Decisions by this judge: 1,911 · Granted: 10% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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