The Board has granted the veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for residuals of a left shoulder injury. The underlying issue of whether he is entitled to service connection will be remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the last denial supports reopening the claim, but the merits of the service connection issue remain pending and require additional development.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of left shoulder injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2008
- Citation
- 0839959
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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.
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Board has granted the request to readjudicate the previously denied service connection claim for residuals of left shoulder injury, and has remanded the case for further action.
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