The Board granted service connection for right and left shoulder disabilities based on the evidence showing that these conditions had their onset in service and have continued since.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's reports of in-service shoulder pain are competent and credible, and there is a continuity of symptomatology from service to the present.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder degenerative arthritis, left shoulder degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2023
- Citation
- 23000222
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for earlier effective dates related to various left and right hip, knee, shoulder, and other conditions as they were freestanding claims not continuously pursued from the initial rating decisions.
- Partly granted
The appeal was denied for a compensable disability rating for bilateral hearing loss, while other issues were remanded for further evidence and examination.
- Granted
The Board granted the appeals for severance of service connection for neck, left shoulder, and left upper extremity radiculopathy disabilities, as well as entitlement to service connection for headaches.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are of such nature and severity as to preclude his participation in any regular substantially gainful employment consistent with his education and occupational experience, warranting a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.
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