Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and initial ratings for bilateral shoulder acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis with chronic pain were partially granted, allowing an effective date of November 4, 2018, but no earlier.
The deciding factor: The Veteran timely pursued his service connection claim since his initial Intent to File Form on November 4, 2018, and the evidence supports an effective date from that date.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis with chronic pain, right shoulder acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis with chronic pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108648
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