The Board has determined that the appellant's right shoulder disorders, including degenerative disc disease, bursitis, rotator cuff syndrome, impingement syndrome, and mild subluxation, are aggravated by his service-connected left shoulder disability.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence supports a finding of aggravation between the appellant's service-connected left shoulder disability and his current right shoulder disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder degenerative disc disease, right shoulder bursitis, rotator cuff syndrome of the right shoulder, impingement syndrome of the right shoulder, mild subluxation of the right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0639055
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