The Board has determined that new and material evidence was presented to reopen the claim for service connection for a left shoulder condition, which is now granted due to aggravation of a pre-existing condition during service.
The deciding factor: The veteran's pre-existing left shoulder condition worsened during service, with an increase in symptoms and progression of the fracture deformity. The Board found that this worsening was not due to natural progression but rather aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- partial osteotomy of the lateral two-thirds of the left clavicle, left shoulder condition
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2002
- Citation
- 0202988
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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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