The Board has determined that the Veteran's left shoulder disorder, diagnosed as left shoulder rotator cuff tendinitis and partial thickness tear, is secondarily related to his service-connected right shoulder disability. Therefore, the claim for service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows a current diagnosis of left shoulder rotator cuff tendinitis and partial thickness tear, which was found to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right shoulder disorder due to overcompensating from his right shoulder condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder rotator cuff tendinitis, left shoulder partial thickness tear
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2012
- Citation
- 1220025
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's appeal for higher ratings and earlier effective dates for various conditions, except for granting earlier effective dates for service connection of left and right shoulder rotator cuff tendinitis.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of February 26, 2021, for the award of service connection for bilateral shin splints but denied earlier effective dates for the other conditions.
- Denied
The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 19, 2016, for the grant of service connection for tinnitus and denied earlier effective dates for other conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the service connection claims for left shoulder rotator cuff tendinitis and right knee strain due to a lack of verification of the Veteran's reserve component service dates.
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