The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection of a right shoulder disability, but denied it on the merits due to lack of evidence linking his current condition to service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish a nexus between the veteran's in-service injury and his current diagnosed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Arthritis, Muscle Strain to Supraspinatus Muscle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0626297
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right shoulder condition, which is claimed as secondary to his service-connected left shoulder condition. The decision also grants new and material evidence having been received since the previous denial.
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