The Board granted service connection for left elbow lateral epicondylitis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right shoulder.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in approximate balance, and the Veteran must be afforded the benefit of the doubt. The examiner opined that the Veteran's bursitis was less likely than not due to his injury in-service but noted that the Veteran overuses his left arm due to a significant limitation in the functional use of his right upper extremity.
- Claimed conditions
- left elbow lateral epicondylitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25033595
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and higher ratings, finding no evidence of entitlement to such benefits prior to the specified dates.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for left elbow flexion and extension, finding that the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 10 percent for flexion or a compensable rating for extension.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's petitions to readjudicate claims for service connection for right knee degenerative arthritis, left knee degenerative arthritis, right elbow lateral epicondylitis, left elbow lateral epicondylitis, and plantar fasciitis as no new and relevant evidence was submitted since the April 2020 rating decision.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for various conditions as the notice of disagreement was not filed within a year from the mailing of the rating decisions.
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