The Board has reopened the claim for service connection of a left shoulder disorder due to new and material evidence. The Veteran's current left shoulder disorder is found to be aggravated by his service-connected right shoulder disability.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided link the Veteran’s current left shoulder disorder to his service-connected right shoulder disability, finding that it was aggravated by this condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder rotator cuff tendinopathy, left shoulder degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19147624
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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- Remanded (sent back)
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