The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right shoulder disability, but did not assign a specific rating or effective date as it was remanded.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the current right shoulder disability is at least as likely as not caused by or incurred during active service or due to his civilian injury in the mid-1980s.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder dislocation, right shoulder injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- October 21, 2009
- Citation
- 0939835
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was denied, and the Board found that no effective date prior to May 30, 2019 is warranted.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals seeking service connection for various conditions have been dismissed due to the withdrawal of his appeal by his authorized representative.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including failure to obtain VA and private medical records related to his hip conditions, neck injury, and right shoulder injury.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right shoulder disability, finding that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the condition had its onset in service. The decision also assigns a 100% rating.
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