The Board has granted service connection for right shoulder osteoarthritis and impingement syndrome, left shoulder osteoarthritis and impingement syndrome, right-hand trigger finger disability, and left-hand trigger finger disability. The decision is based on the Veteran's credible reports of in-service strenuous duties and medical opinions linking these disabilities to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran’s current shoulder and finger disabilities are at least as likely as not related to his military service, including his period of active duty in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf era.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder osteoarthritis and impingement syndrome, left shoulder osteoarthritis and impingement syndrome, right-hand trigger finger, left-hand trigger finger
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 6, 2020
- Citation
- 20044653
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has vacated the decision and remanded three issues: entitlement to an increased disability rating for left-hand trigger finger, entitlement to service connection for hypertension, and entitlement to service connection for an eye condition. The Veteran's claims are now pending for further review.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for a left knee disability, thoracolumbar spine disability, tinnitus, squamous cell carcinoma of the soft palate and tongue, and left shoulder osteoarthritis and impingement syndrome have been readjudicated. The claims for left knee disability and left shoulder osteoarthritis and impingement syndrome are granted, while those for thoracolumbar spine disability, tinnitus, and squamous cell carcinoma of the soft palate and tongue remain denied.
- Denied
The Veteran's left hip disability, gout, and shoulder disabilities are not service-connected due to lack of evidence showing a direct relationship with service or herbicide exposure.,Service connection for the left knee disability and arthralgia of multiple joints is granted based on new evidence submitted after the March 1983 decision.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for service-connected right-hand trigger finger condition from April 3, 2019 was denied because he failed to appear for his scheduled VA examination without showing good cause.
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