The Board has determined that the veteran's current left shoulder disability, including a rotator cuff tear with degenerative changes, is as likely as not due to an injury sustained during service. As such, the claim for service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the veteran's left shoulder symptoms were as likely as not the result of his January 1969 in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a left shoulder injury, rotator cuff tear with degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2006
- Citation
- 0633068
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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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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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