The Veteran's eligibility for Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance is granted due to his service-connected left shoulder condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran served a minimum of 30 continuous days on active duty and was discharged from service under other than dishonorable conditions due to a service-connected disability (left shoulder labral tear).
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder labral tear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19186399
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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