The Board has granted the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings for his right and left trapezius and scapular muscles with chronic rotator cuff impingement and tendonitis, effective June 1, 1995. The effective dates for these determinations are April 5, 1993.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms of pain in his neck and shoulder area were found to be consistent with the service-connected low back strain and congenital instability with chronic rotator cuff impingement and tendonitis.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back strain, Neck disability, Chronic muscular strain, right trapezius and scapular muscle (superimposed on congenital instability with chronic rotator cuff impingement and tendonitis), Chronic muscular strain, left trapezius and scapular muscle (superimposed on congenital instability with chronic rotator cuff impingement and tendonitis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- August 29, 2001
- Citation
- 0121797
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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.
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