The appeal to reopen the claim for entitlement to service connection for right shoulder, right elbow, and right forearm injuries is granted. The Board has also remanded the issue of service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the Veteran raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating his claims for service connection for his right shoulder, elbow, and forearm injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder, Right Elbow, Right Forearm
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20008173
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.
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