The Board has granted service connection for the residuals of a right shoulder injury, fractured left forearm, facial bones fractures, and fractured ribs as secondary to the appellant's service-connected seizure disorder.
The deciding factor: A VA doctor concluded that the motor vehicle accident resulting in these disabilities was caused by or resulted from the appellant's service-connected seizure disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of right shoulder injury, Residuals of fractured left forearm, Residuals of facial bones fractures, Residuals of fractured ribs
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2009
- Citation
- 0924387
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Granted
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