The Board has determined that the Veteran's current right shoulder disorder is related to his in-service shoulder separation, and thus service connection for residuals of a right shoulder separation is granted.
The deciding factor: The opinion from Dr. McFadden provides a medically established nexus between the Veteran's current right shoulder disorder and the shoulder separation he incurred during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right shoulder separation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2011
- Citation
- 1130347
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