The Board granted service connection for a bilateral shoulder and hip condition, as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected Hepatitis C disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence indicates that the Veteran's bilateral shoulder pain and bilateral hip pain are at least as likely as not related to his Hepatitis C disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral shoulder condition, bilateral hip condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25046111
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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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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