The Board granted service connection for a low back disability and a right shoulder disability, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are related to overuse injuries sustained during active duty.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinions provided evidence supporting an active duty onset of symptoms and chronicity of symptomatology from active duty to the current date, meeting the legal criteria for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability, diagnosed as lumbosacral strain and chronic lumbar strain, right shoulder disability, diagnosed as right shoulder strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25035244
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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