The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection of a right elbow disability and granted service connection based on aggravation during service. The pre-existing condition was found to have worsened due to military service-related injuries and strenuous activities.
The deciding factor: The July 2017 VA medical opinion established that there was an increase in the Veteran's preexisting right elbow disability, which was attributed to service-related injury and strenuous activities.
- Claimed conditions
- Right elbow arthritis, Right elbow fracture
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19106363
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,429 · Granted: 29% (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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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Granted
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