The veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic left shoulder disability has been reopened. Service connection is granted for vertigo associated with decompression sickness, but the request for an initial evaluation in excess of 30 percent remains denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish that the current symptoms are related to service or any incident therein.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic left shoulder disability, chronic disorder of the nasal turbinates, vertigo (service-connected decompression sickness)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 13, 2008
- Citation
- 0805086
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a chronic cervical spine disability and a chronic left shoulder disability, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded all issues related to service connection for various disabilities due to inadequate medical opinions and the need for further examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for chronic left shoulder disability and left wrist carpal tunnel syndrome due to insufficient medical opinion regarding their etiology. The case will be returned to VA for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic left shoulder disability and left wrist carpal tunnel are being remanded due to the need for a new VA examination. The examination should address whether any left shoulder disability began during service, was noted during service with continuity of symptoms since service, or is related to other service-connected disabilities such as cervical spine disability or falls from a lumbar spine disability.
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