The Board has determined that the Veteran's current left shoulder degenerative joint disease is related to his service, and therefore grants the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence in favor of the Veteran's claim includes opinions from private physicians and a VA orthopedic physician who concluded that the Veteran's post-service arthritis was likely due to an untreated injury sustained during service.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder degenerative joint disease (DJD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2018
- Citation
- 18100930
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied service connection for an endocrine disorder, separate and distinct from hypothyroidism, and remanded the issues of increased ratings for left knee degenerative joint disease, left shoulder DJD, and unspecified anxiety disorder.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for another VA examination to address the Veteran's lay contentions and the secondary service connection theory of entitlement.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's left shoulder DJD was granted a 30 percent rating, while the claim for a compensable rating for her left shoulder scar was denied. The effective date for both conditions remains May 3, 2024.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals regarding various conditions, including major depressive disorder, right lower extremity radiculopathy, cervicogenic headaches, left hip degenerative arthritis, right hip degenerative arthritis, left shoulder DJD, right shoulder osteoarthritis, and hypertension.
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