The Board has determined that the Veteran's current diagnoses of right and left shoulder bursitis are related to service, granting service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran injured his shoulders during service and experienced symptoms of bursitis throughout service. The Board resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran, finding that the current diagnoses were incurred during service.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder bursitis, left shoulder bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19103319
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,200 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right shoulder and left shoulder disorders, finding that the Veteran's current diagnoses are related to his military service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for right and left shoulder disabilities were denied because she failed to report for scheduled VA examinations without good cause.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's bilateral ankle collateral ligament sprain, left shoulder bursitis, right hip bursitis, and right knee arthritis are being remanded for further evaluation due to inadequate opinions in the previous decision.
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