The Board has granted a grant of service connection for a right shoulder disorder and an increased evaluation for the veteran's left knee disorder. The issue of whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen a claim for service connection for a left shoulder disorder is pending.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence supports the presence of current shoulder disorders, allowing the reopening of the claims. For the left knee disorder, the November 2002 VA examination confirmed the veteran's complaints and provided a diagnosis of residuals of an arthrotomy of the left knee for internal derangement.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Disorder, Right Shoulder Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 17, 2003
- Citation
- 0304922
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Decisions by this judge: 1,242 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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