Service connection was restored for TBI and right shoulder strain. The Veteran's left foot hallux valgus and Osgood Schlatter's disease of the right knee were not granted increased ratings.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the current conditions were related to service or warranted higher disability ratings under applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Right Shoulder Strain (claimed as shoulder condition, right bursitis), Left Foot Hallux Valgus, Osgood Schlatter's Disease of the Right Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- October 24, 2019
- Citation
- A19002244
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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