The Board denied service connection for a lumbar spine disability, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, and right ankle condition as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or caused by the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record persuasively weighs against a finding that the Veteran's low back pain, left shoulder pain, right shoulder pain, and right ankle pain manifested during service, within a year of separation from service, had a continuity of symptomatology, or are otherwise etiologically related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar spine disability, Left shoulder disability, Right shoulder disability, Right ankle condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25088820
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