The Board has determined that the Veteran's right shoulder arthritis and radiculopathy are related to her service-connected cervical spine degenerative disc disease, granting her claim for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the current minor arthritis of the right shoulder is less likely related to her military service due to lack of documented complaints or findings prior to separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Arthritis, Right Upper Extremity Radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 29, 2018
- Citation
- 1805652
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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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