The Board has determined that the veteran's degenerative joint disease of the shoulders was incurred in service and granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence supports a finding that the veteran's current degenerative arthritis is related to his military service injury in 1943.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the shoulders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2004
- Citation
- 0431198
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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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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development to obtain relevant VA treatment records and medical opinions regarding the Veteran's neck and shoulder conditions.
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