The Veteran's right shoulder disorder is granted service connection. The left knee injury and right knee injury are denied as not incurred in or related to service. Service connection for left ear hearing loss is also denied. A rating of 10 percent, but no more, for the right wrist condition is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right shoulder disorder was found to have its onset during service and is therefore considered service-connected.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Right Shoulder Disorder","diagnosis_date":null,"current_symptoms":"Pain in the right shoulder, reported to have started around 15 years ago"}, {"condition_name":"Left Knee Injury","diagnosis_date":null,"current_symptoms":"Patellofemoral pain syndrome in both left and right knees. The Veteran reported no trauma in service."}, {"condition_name":"Right Knee Injury","diagnosis_date":null,"current_symptoms":"Patellofemoral pain syndrome in the right knee. No injury noted in service records, only a scar or marking on the right knee."}, {"condition_name":"Left Ear Hearing Loss","diagnosis_date":null,"current_symptoms":"Mild sensorineural hearing loss at 8000 and 4000 Hz. Speech recognition scores of 94% in the left ear."}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19107339
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.
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