The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a chronic left shoulder disorder, which was previously denied in December 1982.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence provided by Dr. Gordon supports the reopening of the veteran's claim based on his opinion that the pre-existing condition worsened during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic left shoulder disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2004
- Citation
- 0402384
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Decisions by this judge: 3,038 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for chronic left shoulder and left hand disorders, finding that the evidence did not support a link between these conditions and active service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for effective dates prior to April 16, 2001, for the grants of service connection for type II diabetes mellitus, right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
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