The Veteran's left shoulder disability is granted as service connection due to continuity of symptoms since service.,Service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (Adjustment Disorder) is granted based on the Veteran's in-service stressors and current diagnoses.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s lumbar condition was more likely related to post-service motor vehicle accidents, rather than his service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD or Arthritis) of the Left Shoulder, Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (Adjustment Disorder)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2021
- Citation
- 21003225
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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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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
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