The Veteran's claims for service connection for various joint disabilities, including right shoulder glenohumeral degenerative arthritis, left shoulder glenohumbral degenerative arthritis, bilateral hand osteoarthritis, and bilateral knee, wrist, back, elbow, and hip disabilities manifested by pain are granted. The claim for secondary service connection for hypertension is remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's claimed conditions were related to his active duty service, thus granting service connection in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder glenohumeral degenerative arthritis, left shoulder glenohumeral degenerative arthritis, right hand osteoarthritis, left hand osteoarthritis, right knee disability manifested by pain, left knee disability manifested by pain, right wrist disability manifested by pain, left wrist disability manifested by pain, back disability manifested by pain, right elbow disability manifested by pain, left elbow disability manifested by pain, right hip disability manifested by pain, left hip disability manifested by pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2023
- Citation
- 23024379
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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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