The Board has determined that the veteran's left shoulder impingement syndrome is proximately due to her service-connected low back disability and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence established a link between the veteran's current left shoulder disorder and her service-connected low back disability, with VA physicians opining that the left shoulder condition was likely caused by swimming as part of physical therapy for her low back pain.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- March 6, 2001
- Citation
- 0106532
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an initial rating higher than 30 percent for adjustment disorder with depressed mood and remanded the claims for left and right shoulder impingement syndrome.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased initial rating for the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability and remanded claims for increased ratings for bilateral shoulder impingement syndrome.
- Granted
The Veteran's competency is restored, he is granted special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance, and his rating for migraines is increased to 60 percent.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's PTSD remains at a 30 percent rating, and the Board has ordered a remand for further evaluation of his left shoulder impingement syndrome.
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