The petition to reopen the previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for arthritis in neck, including as secondary to the service-connected right shoulder arthritis and chronic tendonitis status-post arthrotomy is denied. The Veteran's claims for evaluations in excess of 20 percent for his bilateral shoulder disabilities are remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the final May 2015 rating decision does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim as it does not address whether the Veteran’s neck disability is related to service or his service-connected right shoulder disability.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis in neck, right shoulder arthritis and chronic tendonitis status-post arthrotomy, left shoulder strain and arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19148922
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