The Veteran's claim for service connection for a left shoulder condition has been reopened and granted. The Veteran is now in receipt of a 10 percent disability rating for chondromalacia, right knee prior to August 31, 2015, and a 30 percent disability rating from that date forward. His claim for increased ratings for sarcoidosis of the lung remains denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the final October 2007 rating decision raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran's service connection claim for a left shoulder condition, but did not provide new and material evidence to support his claims for increased ratings for sarcoidosis of the lung or chondromalacia, right knee.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Shoulder Condition, Sarcoidosis of the Lung, Chondromalacia, Right Knee
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19131640
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left shoulder condition, finding that there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease and insufficient medical evidence to establish a nexus between any current disability and service.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for traumatic brain injury, left shoulder condition, and lower back pain as there is no persuasive evidence of a current disability or in-service event that would support these claims.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current left shoulder condition is not related to his service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection regarding his right shoulder condition, left shoulder condition, and neck condition should be remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The claims will now be adjudicated with appropriate medical examinations.
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