The Board concluded that the evidence supports a finding of service connection for a bilateral shoulder disorder, which was diagnosed as degenerative joint disease.
The deciding factor: The greater weight of the medical evidence shows that the veteran's current bilateral shoulder disorder is related to the bilateral shoulder complaints and manifestations that were noted during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral shoulder disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0900133
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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