The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disability as secondary to the service-connected fracture of the right clavicle and an increased rating for residuals of the right clavicle fracture.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the right shoulder disability was related to the service-connected fracture of the right clavicle or due to avascular necrosis of the right shoulder joint.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder arthritis, right clavicle fracture
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- February 28, 2002
- Citation
- 0201955
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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