The Veteran's service connection claims for a right shoulder, right foot and toe, and left shoulder disabilities were granted with an effective date of December 19, 2003.,A 20 percent evaluation was assigned for degenerative arthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint with second toe neuroma and strain of the right foot.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service connection claims were granted based on evidence showing his service, and he has a moderately severe disability due to chronic pain in the right foot.
- Claimed conditions
- Dislocation of the left glenohumeral joint, Right shoulder status post arthroscopic subacromial decompression and distal clavicle resection with degenerative arthritis, Degenerative arthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint with second toe neuroma and strain of the right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- A19002512
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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.
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