Your bilateral shoulder disorder and low back disorder have been granted service connection. Your neck disorder and depressive disorder (secondary to service-connected disabilities) are denied.,The Board has remanded your claims for a right shoulder disorder, left shoulder disorder, headache disorder, left lower extremity amputation as secondary to service-connected disability, left hip disorder as secondary to service-connected disability, low back disorder, total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU), automobile and other conveyance and adaptive equipment or adaptive equipment only, effective date prior to October 7, 2013 for the grant of service connection for tinnitus, and effective date prior to October 7, 2013 for the grant of service connection for bilateral hearing loss.

The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's current neck disorder began during service or is otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.

Claimed conditions

{"condition_name":"bilateral shoulder disorder","status":"granted"}, {"condition_name":"low back disorder","status":"granted"}, {"condition_name":"neck disorder","status":"denied"}, {"condition_name":"depressive disorder","status":"granted (secondary)"}

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

October 14, 2020

Citation

20066726