The Board has determined that the veteran's right shoulder disorder, characterized as rotator cuff tendonitis, is a result of service and granted his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the conclusion that the veteran injured both shoulders during a football game in December 1996 while on reserve duty, resulting in current bilateral shoulder disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- rotator cuff tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2006
- Citation
- 0602086
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 30 percent for his right shoulder disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left shoulder condition, diagnosed as rotator cuff tendonitis, finding that the evidence of record does not support a causal relationship between the in-service injury and the current disability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for right carpal tunnel syndrome and rotator cuff tendonitis, finding that these conditions are due to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar myositis with radiculopathy.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a further VA medical opinion to address the etiology of the Veteran's left shoulder disorder(s) and obtain outstanding private treatment records.
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