The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disorder and right shoulder disorder, finding that new and material evidence supports these claims. Service connection is granted for mild facet arthrosis of the lumbar spine and right shoulder acromioclavicular joint degenerative changes.
The deciding factor: The Board found new and material evidence to reopen the Veteran's service connection claims for low back disorder and right shoulder disorder, attributing current diagnoses to in-service physical training and parachute jumps.
- Claimed conditions
- mild facet arthrosis of the lumbar spine, right shoulder acromioclavicular joint degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 25, 2023
- Citation
- 23067417
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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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