The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a right shoulder dislocation and residuals of a right ankle fracture, finding that both conditions are related to service. The veteran's right shoulder dislocation is considered direct service connection, while the right ankle fracture is found to be incurred in service.
The deciding factor: Both disabilities were found to have been incurred during service based on medical evidence showing continuity of symptomatology and a nexus between current disability and service.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative changes of the acromioclaviclar joint, right shoulder dislocation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- May 23, 2003
- Citation
- 0309857
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,421 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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