The Board granted service connection for a right shoulder injury, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran based on continuity of symptomatology since separation from service.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran's current right shoulder disability is related to an in-service injury and has persisted since separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2024
- Citation
- 24031365
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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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