The Board has granted service connection for disability of the muscles of the right front of the neck as secondary to the veteran's service-connected residuals of a shrapnel wound to the right shoulder. The Board also found that degenerative disc disease and osteoarthritis are not related to the service-connected injury.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner attributed the pain in the right front neck area to the already-service-connected right shoulder disability, warranting secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- neck pain, right shoulder disability, degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 30, 2003
- Citation
- 0308158
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What this means for you
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