The Veteran's claims for service connection for a left shoulder disability and traumatic brain injury were reopened, and the claim for traumatic brain injury was granted. The claim for left shoulder disability is still pending as it requires additional evidence.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the Veteran’s claims for service connection for a left shoulder disability and traumatic brain injury.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder disability, traumatic brain injury
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19183869
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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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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