The Board has granted the reopening of the previously denied claims for service connection for arthritis of the left shoulder, right shoulder, and cervical spine disorder. The cases are now remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the April 2000 rating decisions raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims of service connection for these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of the left shoulder, Arthritis of the right shoulder, Cervical osteoarthritis with degenerative disc disease (cervical spine disorder)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2022
- Citation
- 22059103
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