The Board granted service connection for a bilateral shoulder disability as secondary to the veteran's service-connected knee and back disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran's bilateral shoulder disability is proximately due to his service-connected knee and back disabilities, as supported by medical opinions from private physicians and a VA examiner.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral shoulder disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 3, 2008
- Citation
- 0811119
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral shoulder disorder as it was less likely than not related to the Veteran's service or caused by falls due to his service-connected hip and lumbar spine disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for onychomycosis (bilateral toenail fungus) and remanded the claims for GERD, chest pain, and an acquired eye disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for lumbar spine, bilateral knee, hip, shoulder, and ankle disorders as they are not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident during service.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending.
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