The Veteran's service connection claim for residuals of a dislocated right shoulder injury is granted. The Veteran's dental condition, claimed as cracked teeth, is denied. The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss disability is granted an initial noncompensable rating.,PTSD disability remains denied with no new rating assigned.
The deciding factor: The VA found that the evidence was at least evenly balanced as to whether the current traumatic arthritis in the right shoulder resulted from a prior in-service injury, and thus granted service connection for this condition. The Veteran's dental claim is denied because he did not have bone loss through trauma or disease such as osteomyelitis, which would qualify him for compensation under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of dislocated right shoulder injury, cracked teeth
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2018
- Citation
- 18152337
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