The Board has determined that the appellant's claims of service connection for a right shoulder disability and an anal fissure are well-grounded. The claim for a right shoulder disability is granted, with a rating of zero percent (compensable) based on direct service connection. The claim for an anal fissure is also granted, with a current zero percent rating.
The deciding factor: The appellant presented credible evidence showing his in-service injury and the resulting chronic symptoms, which are consistent with the diagnosis of degenerative arthritis with deformity of the right acromioclavicular joint and an anal fissure. The Board found that these conditions were related to service and granted service connection for both.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Disability, Anal Fissure
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- June 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0016442
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