The Board granted service connection for a right shoulder disability, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's right shoulder disability had its onset in service, and the Board resolved any reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder strain, residuals status-post right arthroscopic surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25054753
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
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- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of February 7, 2020, for the award of a 70 percent rating for unspecified depressive disorder and TDIU, but denied earlier effective dates for other conditions.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal, and there are no allegations of error for appellate consideration.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for left shoulder strain, right shoulder strain, early osteoarthritis of the left and right hips (secondary to a service-connected knee disability), and right and left ankle strains (secondary to a service-connected knee disability).
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