The Veteran's petition to reopen the claim for entitlement to service connection for a right shoulder disability was granted, and he is now entitled to service connection on a secondary basis due to his service-connected right knee disability.
The deciding factor: A VA orthopedic surgeon provided an opinion that the Veteran’s right shoulder disability is at least as likely as not proximately due to his service-connected right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19179756
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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