The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for right shoulder degenerative changes. The appeal regarding an initial disability rating in excess of 0 percent for service-connected right clavicle fracture is remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise on whether the Veteran’s current degenerative changes of the right shoulder are related to his in-service right clavicle fracture, thus granting service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder degenerative changes, right clavicle fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19186938
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) type 2B, neuromuscular scoliosis of the thoracic spine, degenerative changes of the cervical spine with chronic muscle spasms and upper extremity radiculopathy, and a right clavicle fracture as secondary to LGMD. Bilateral hearing loss was denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right shoulder degenerative changes, left shoulder degenerative changes, neck disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, and left hand arthritis as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected right shoulder, lumbosacral strain, and left knee disabilities are being remanded for further evaluation. Additionally, the issue of secondary service connection for right knee osteoarthritis is also being remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including ratings for knee and ankle conditions, radiculopathy, synovitis, and a right clavicle fracture. The Veteran is also being asked to provide information about his need for aid and attendance due to service-connected disabilities.
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