The Board has granted service connection for a right shoulder disability and a right wrist disability, finding that the evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether these disabilities are related to service.,Both conditions were diagnosed post-service, but the Veteran provided competent and credible lay evidence of in-service injuries and continuity of symptoms.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was a reasonable doubt regarding the relationship between the current right shoulder disability and the in-service injury, as supported by the Veteran's statements of continuity of symptoms.,Similarly, for the right wrist disability, the Board concluded that there was also a reasonable doubt due to the Veteran's lay testimony of continuous pain since service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis and impingement syndrome of the right shoulder, Degenerative joint disease (DJD) and chronic sprain of the right wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19190060
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