The Veteran has been granted service connection for PTSD and his bilateral shoulder disability. His neck, upper back, hand, knee, and ankle disabilities are not related to active service or service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence of a link between the in-service motor vehicle accident and any current orthopedic disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Neck disability, Upper back disability, Bilateral shoulder disability, Bilateral hand disability, Bilateral knee disability, Bilateral ankle disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- May 3, 2017
- Citation
- 1714462
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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.
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