The Board has granted service connection for a right shoulder condition related to the Veteran's service-connected cervical spine disability. The claim for an increased rating for cervical spine disability remains denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran’s right shoulder disability is secondary to his service-connected cervical spine degenerative arthritis with radiculopathy, but not directly due to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Condition, Degenerative Disc Disease of the Cervical Spine with Osteoporosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 30, 2019
- Citation
- A19002416
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD, denied ratings in excess of 30 percent for left and right knee strains, granted separate 10 percent ratings for painful, noncompensable limitation of flexion of the knees, granted service connection for back condition and related radiculopathies, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a right shoulder condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded certain issues for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, a right shoulder condition, tinnitus, hypertension, a right hip condition, bilateral knee conditions, and radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities as there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an increased rating for PTSD and remanded the claims for service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital syndrome left hand, and a right shoulder condition.
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