The Board granted service connection for a right shoulder disability and assigned an initial 20 percent rating effective July 24, 2008. The Veteran's claims for tendinitis of the right wrist and low back disorder were also granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported the grant of service connection for the right shoulder disability based on its manifestation since discharge from service and the absence of any intervening injury or aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder (minor arm) disability, tendinitis of right wrist, low back disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- August 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1030994
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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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