The Board has granted the Veteran's application to reopen his claim for service connection for right shoulder strain, finding that there is at least equipoise evidence in favor of a relationship between the current condition and his military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that while there were conflicting medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right shoulder strain, the lay testimony and continuous symptoms since service outweighed the medical opinion based on an inaccurate history provided by the VA examiner in February 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19131136
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
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