The Veteran's right shoulder and left knee disabilities have been granted service connection.,Sleep apnea, tinnitus, and the Veteran’s existing service-connected conditions are also granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection is established for the Veteran's current diagnoses of right shoulder and left knee osteoarthritis as secondary to his service-connected right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Osteoarthritis with Mild Tendinopathy of Supraspinatus, Left Knee Osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19107130
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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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and earlier effective dates, as well as a TDIU.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a traumatic brain injury, and remanded claims for headaches, right knee osteoarthritis, and left knee osteoarthritis due to deficiencies in the previous medical opinions.
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