Denied
The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions, finding no causal relationship to military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examination did not find a nexus between the diagnosed conditions and the Veteran's military service.
- Claimed conditions
- back condition (claimed as arthritis), left arm pain (claimed as arthritis), left hip condition (claimed as osteoarthritis), left knee condition (claimed as degenerative arthritis), left shoulder condition (claimed as left shoulder strain with osteoarthritis), right arm pain (claimed as arthritis), right hip condition (claimed as arthritis), right knee condition (claimed as arthritis), right shoulder condition (claimed as arthritis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25003027
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