The Board has granted service connection for right elbow degenerative joint disease with loose bodies and a right shoulder rotator cuff tear, finding that these conditions are related to the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided competent medical opinions linking the current disabilities to the pre-existing conditions present during service.
- Claimed conditions
- right elbow degenerative joint disease with loose bodies, right shoulder rotator cuff tear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2014
- Citation
- 1408116
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for right knee strain, left shoulder rotator cuff tear, and right shoulder rotator cuff tear due to inadequate medical opinions in the November 2020 rating decision. The VA is required to obtain an addendum opinion from a clinician to determine if these conditions are related to service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of a right shoulder rotator cuff tear has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected conditions did not result in his inability to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to June 19, 2019. The Board denied an earlier effective date for the TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error and insufficient medical opinions regarding service connection for right shoulder condition.
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