The Veteran's claim for service connection for left shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis and acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis was granted, effective from November 24, 2006.
The deciding factor: The grant of service connection was based on additional service treatment records received after the April 2007 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis, acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 26, 2019
- Citation
- A19003775
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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.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's service connection for left shoulder strain, labral tear, acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis, and tendinitis was granted, while the effective date prior to November 11, 2023, for migraine headaches was denied.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis and remanded the other claims for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for left and right shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis, as well as left and right knee strain and patellofemoral pain syndrome with medial tibial stress syndrome, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the claimed conditions as there is no evidence of a current disability related to active service or any incident of service.
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