The Board has determined that the Veteran's current right ulnar nerve disability, including post-surgery conditions, is at least as likely as not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected right shoulder disability. Therefore, service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows a significant intraoperative risk of nerve injury during the Veteran’s right shoulder surgery, which may have resulted in his current ulnar nerve disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ulnar nerve disability, Right shoulder labral tear
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2018
- Citation
- 18100912
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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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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as adjustment and other specified trauma- and stressor-related disorders. The initial evaluations for right shoulder labral tear, right ankle sprain, left ankle sprain, right hip strain with limitation of flexion, right hip strain with limitation of extension, right hip strain with impairment of thigh, and allergic rhinitis were denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his cervical spine and right shoulder disabilities, as well as an earlier effective date for TDIU benefits.
- Granted
The Veteran's right shoulder disability is now rated at 30 percent, effective October 28, 2020. Service connection for bilateral dry eye syndrome has been established.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's request to restore a temporary total evaluation for his right ulnar nerve disability, finding that there was clear and unmistakable error in granting such an evaluation. The decision also found that the evidence did not support at least one month of convalescence following surgery.
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