The Board has granted an effective date of May 1, 2016 for the grant of service connection for left shoulder acromioclavicular degenerative joint disease. The decision is based on the Veteran's separation from active service and the diagnosis of mild degenerative changes in the left acromioclavicular joint prior to his discharge.
The deciding factor: The effective date was determined as May 1, 2016 because it is the day following the Veteran’s separation from service and also when he filed a claim for service connection within one year of his separation.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder acromioclavicular degenerative joint disease, left shoulder acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- January 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19106221
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.
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The Board granted service connection for multiple musculoskeletal conditions and a psychiatric condition, all of which were determined to be caused by an in-service injury.
- Granted
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for left shoulder acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis, finding that the disability was aggravated during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, diabetes mellitus, type II, right shoulder acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis, left shoulder acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis, and left hip arthritis due to an error by the agency of original jurisdiction in satisfying a regulatory or statutory duty.
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