The Veteran's bilateral shoulder condition has been granted service connection. The right ear hearing loss claim was also granted.,Service connection for left hip, left knee injury, and right knee injury claims were denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence established that the Veteran's current bilateral shoulder condition is related to his in-service complaints of shoulder pain, which led to a diagnosis of bilateral shoulder impingement syndrome. The VA examiner did not refute the private physician’s opinion regarding the direct relationship between the Veteran's right shoulder pain with history of impingement syndrome and military service.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"bilateral shoulder condition","status":"granted"}, {"condition_name":"left hip condition","status":"denied"}, {"condition_name":"left knee injury","status":"denied"}, {"condition_name":"right knee injury","status":"denied"}, {"condition_name":"right ear hearing loss","status":"granted"}, {"condition_name":"hypercholesterolemia","status":"dismissed"}, {"condition_name":"right varicocele","status":"dismissed"}, {"condition_name":"erectile dysfunction","status":"granted"}, {"condition_name":"epididymal cyst, right testicle","status":"dismissed"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19100686
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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