The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left shoulder condition as secondary to his service-connected right shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis, finding that the current condition is proximately due to compensatory overuse of the left shoulder to protect against a right shoulder disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's left shoulder condition is more likely than not due to compensatory overuse because of his service-connected right shoulder disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2022
- Citation
- 22005962
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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.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Board has determined that there is no evidence of a current disability for any of the claimed conditions, and thus service connection cannot be granted.
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