The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for a shoulder disability. The Board also found that the veteran's bilateral shoulder impingement syndrome and left distal clavicle excision and acromioplasty are attributable to active military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined in April 2004 that the veteran's bilateral shoulder disability was as likely as not a chronic result of the bilateral impingement syndrome diagnosed in service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral shoulder impingement syndrome, left distal clavicle excision and acromioplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2007
- Citation
- 0713530
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Related decisions
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for further development, including obtaining new VA etiology opinions to determine the etiology of the Veteran's joint pain associated with his right knee, bilateral elbows, bilateral shoulders, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and left wrist.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions, including unspecified trauma and stressor-related disorder, lumbosacral strain, bilateral foot xerosis, bilateral shoulder impingement syndrome, right elbow disability manifested by pain, bilateral foot acquired pes planus and plantar fasciitis, left elbow lateral epicondylitis and tendinitis, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, left foot acquired pes planus and plantar fasciitis, and erectile dysfunction are all granted.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, bilateral shoulder impingement syndrome, and lumbosacral strain, finding that these conditions are not related to active service or an undiagnosed illness.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including fibromyalgia, PTSD, migraines, bilateral shoulder impingement syndrome, coccydynia, and rhomboid muscle strain with bilateral trapezius muscle strain, have rendered her unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment. The decision grants a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
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