The Veteran's claim for service connection for a left shoulder condition is granted, and the issue of entitlement to service connection is remanded due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that there was not enough evidence to establish a link between the current left shoulder disability and service, including the incident in 2006 when the Veteran reported injuring his left shoulder trying to catch heavy equipment from a weapons rack.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Shoulder Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19160105
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What this means for you
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