The Veteran's claim for an evaluation in excess of 30 percent for right shoulder post-operative dislocation was denied. The Board also found that the Veteran's cervical spine disorder is not service-connected or secondary to a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing a chronic cervical spine condition during service, and arthritis within one year following separation from service. The VA examiner opined that the current cervical spine degenerative joint disease was less likely than not proximately due to or the result of the Veteran's service-connected right shoulder disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical Spine Disorder, Right Shoulder Post-Operative Dislocation
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2018
- Citation
- 1805611
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