The Board has granted service connection for torn right bicep and degenerative joint disease of the left and right shoulders due to service-connected conditions, subject to the laws and regulations governing monetary awards.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that shoulder impingement makes it more likely for a bicep tendon to tear, thus establishing secondary service connection for torn right bicep. The Board also found service connection for degenerative joint disease of the left and right shoulders due to service-connected conditions based on the January 2020 VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- torn right bicep, degenerative joint disease of the left shoulder, degenerative joint disease of the right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20076093
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