The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for left shoulder disability as secondary to his service-connected right shoulder disability.
The deciding factor: A private examiner found that the Veteran’s left shoulder disability was aggravated by his service-connected right shoulder disability, which is sufficient to establish secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder osteoarthritis, tendinopathy, degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19102251
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
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