The Board granted service connection for bilateral shoulder strain, a bilateral knee disability (strain with right knee osteoarthritis), a bilateral elbow disability (strain with left elbow tendonitis), bilateral hand strain, and a bilateral foot disability (plantar fasciitis with left foot calcaneal spurs).
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's symptoms of joint pain began during service and continued after separation, leading to later diagnoses of the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral shoulder strain, bilateral knee disability (strain with right knee osteoarthritis), bilateral elbow disability (strain with left elbow tendonitis), bilateral hand strain, bilateral foot disability (plantar fasciitis with left foot calcaneal spurs)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2021
- Citation
- 21061619
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.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal concerning entitlement to service connection for bilateral shoulder strain, bilateral shin splints, cervical strain, bilateral knee strain, and bilateral flat feet (pes planus) is dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral shoulder strain, bilateral knee osteoarthritis, and bilateral foot degenerative arthritis and heel spur to obtain additional medical opinions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple spine and musculoskeletal conditions, finding no evidence linking the Veteran's current disabilities to his active military service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left wrist carpal tunnel syndrome, lumbosacral strain, cervical strain, bilateral knee strain and left knee osteoarthritis, bilateral hip trochanteric pain syndrome, bilateral elbow strain, bilateral foot degenerative arthritis, bilateral shoulder strain, and bilateral hand strain. OSA was denied.
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