The Board has granted the Veteran's application to reopen his claim for service connection for a back condition and has determined that right shoulder arthritis and residuals of rotator cuff tear are related to military service. The left shoulder condition is not established as a disability due to disease or injury in service.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided by the chiropractor indicated that the Veteran's conditions, including right shoulder arthritis and residuals of rotator cuff tear, were likely caused by trauma sustained during his military service and are permanent.
- Claimed conditions
- Back condition, Right Shoulder Arthritis and Residuals of Rotator Cuff Tear, Left Shoulder Condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 18, 2017
- Citation
- 1740010
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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 claim for service connection for a left shoulder condition, finding that there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease and insufficient medical evidence to establish a nexus between any current disability and service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection of his back condition due to inadequate medical opinion and failure to consider all relevant evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection of his back condition due to inadequate medical opinion and failure to consider all relevant evidence.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's back condition is related to his service-connected left knee replacement residuals and grants service connection for this secondary condition.
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