The Board has granted service connection for right and left shoulder, elbow, and knee disabilities as well as a headache disability due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran.
The deciding factor: New VA examinations provided diagnoses of the claimed conditions and concluded that they were at least as likely as not related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Bicipital Tendonitis, Left Shoulder Bicipital Tendonitis, Right Elbow Epicondylitis, Left Elbow Epicondylitis, Right Knee Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome, Left Knee Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome, Headache (Tension)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 20, 2024
- Citation
- A24085525
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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.
What you can do next
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for PTSD, migraines, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, and tinnitus.
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- Denied
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