The Board has determined that the Veteran's right elbow disability is caused by his service-connected right shoulder disability, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The private physician concluded that the Veteran’s right elbow condition is related to muscle loss and weakness experienced in his right shoulder due to shoulder surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Elbow Epicondylitis, Right Elbow Subluxation
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2018
- Citation
- 18124587
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right elbow epicondylitis as there is no evidence of an in-service injury or onset, and the condition does not have a link to service.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevent him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education, training, and work history.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for effective dates earlier than August 4, 2017 for the grant of service connection for right hip flexor strain with limitation of extension and right elbow medial epicondylitis are denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for updated VA examinations to assess the current severity of his service-connected shoulder and elbow disabilities.
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