The Veteran's left shoulder disability, bilateral foot disability, cervical spine disability, and left upper extremity neurological disability are all granted service connection.,Service connection for the right upper extremity neurological disability is denied as secondary to a cervical spine disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports direct service connection for the Veteran's disabilities, with no presumption or secondary theory of entitlement. The Board found that the Veteran's current conditions are related to his military service and duties.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder disability, bilateral foot disability, cervical spine disability, left upper extremity neurological disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2020
- Citation
- 20006514
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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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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