I have a theory. Everyone gets about 15 years of hard driving out of their body. So if you start seriously pushing for sports around the age of 12 and then take a physically intensive job you too can be told you’re too young for joint and back pain when you’re 27.

Sincerely, A child athlete and combat veteran who got told he was too young for knee pain at (checks notes) … 30.

Note - The VA eventually fell back on the argument they love best. While your knee problems were documented in the Army, they were not documented exactly the way we wanted. So because neither 20 year old you nor the 20 year old medic were psychic we’re going to deny this claim.