New and material evidence was received to reopen claims for service connection for DJD of the right shoulder and cervical spine. However, service connection remains denied as there is no medical relationship between these conditions and service.,Service connection for DJD of the right shoulder is not granted due to lack of a medical relationship with service. Service connection for DJD of the cervical spine secondary to the right shoulder is also denied.,The veteran's request to restore his previous 20 percent rating for left scapula fracture with DJD of the left shoulder was granted, effective August 1, 2005.
The deciding factor: Service connection cannot be established as there is no medical evidence showing a link between the claimed conditions and service.,Secondary service connection cannot be granted because there is no primary service-connected condition to which the cervical spine DJD can be linked.,The veteran's request for restoration of his previous rating was granted due to improvement in his left shoulder disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the Right Shoulder, Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the Cervical Spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2007
- Citation
- 0732628
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's right shoulder disability, prior to January 6, 2017 and as of May 1, 2017, did not meet the criteria for a higher rating than 20 percent.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right medial epicondylitis and cervical spine disabilities are being remanded for further examination to determine their current severity.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right upper extremity radiculopathy was rated at 40 percent disabling from October 10, 2018. The combined rating of his service-connected disabilities is currently 90 percent since September 11, 2019, which meets the criteria for TDIU. However, the Board has remanded the issue due to inadequate discussion in the previous decision.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for cervical spine DJD and bilateral upper extremity neuropathy, finding no direct or secondary link to his military service.
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