The Veteran's left clavicle disability is more likely than not attributable to service, and the Board finds in his favor on this claim.
The deciding factor: The examiner opined that the current left shoulder disability was most likely caused by or a result of the inservice injury to the left clavicle in 1973, which put him at risk for repeat fracture and subsequent permanent worsening as a result of the inservice injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Left clavicle disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2012
- Citation
- 1219194
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a left clavicle disability is being remanded due to the need for a medical opinion regarding whether her pre-existing condition was aggravated by service.,The Veteran's claim for a back disability, which may be secondary to her left clavicle disability, is also being remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a lumbar spine disability, left clavicle disability, scar of the left clavicle, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, pseudofolliculitis barbae (skin) disability, and total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities for further development.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the veteran's left clavicle disability, while symptomatic and manifesting post-surgical shortening with some spur formation, did not meet the criteria for an initial or staged rating in excess of 10 percent.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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