The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left shoulder condition as secondary to his service-connected right shoulder rotator cuff tear with impingement and arthritis. The claim was reopened due to new evidence submitted since the last denial.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current left shoulder disability is at least as likely as not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected right shoulder condition, leading to a grant of service connection on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Shoulder Condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19192060
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What this means for you
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