The Board has granted service connection for right shoulder capsulitis as secondary to the veteran's service-connected axillary lymphangitis with chronic venous insufficiency of the right upper extremity.
The deciding factor: The VHA doctor concluded that it was at least as likely as not that the right shoulder capsulitis was caused by the service-connected axillary lymphangitis disorder, and thus secondary to it.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder capsulitis
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0627065
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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and his claim for TDIU is denied.
- Granted
The Board has determined that service connection is warranted for sinusitis, right shoulder capsulitis, and cervical spine/neck spondylosis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations and records, including a right shoulder x-ray report from August 2006.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's pre-existing right shoulder injury was aggravated during service, and therefore grants service connection for his current right shoulder capsulitis.
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