The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral shoulder disability and middle and lower back disability are related to service, granting his claims for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows a history of in-service injuries and ongoing symptoms since separation from service, with multiple medical opinions supporting a relationship between current disabilities and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Shoulder Disability, Middle and Lower Back Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 2, 2017
- Citation
- 1714370
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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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