The Board has determined that the Veteran's right shoulder osteoarthritis had its onset during service and granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided a positive medical opinion linking the Veteran's right shoulder disorder to his in-service injury, supported by the Veteran's account of symptoms and clinical findings.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2010
- Citation
- 1047383
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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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- Partly granted
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