The Veteran's claim for service connection for a left shoulder disability is reopened.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a cervical spine disability, to include degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the cervical spine, is reopened.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include depression, is reopened. The Veteran was granted entitlement to service connection for major depressive disorder.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been submitted that raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims for left shoulder disability and cervical spine disability.,The new evidence does not relate the multi-factorial headaches to military service, but it does raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for acquired psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder disability, cervical spine disability (DJD), major depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2018
- Citation
- 18112502
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