The Veteran's lumbar disorder, right shoulder disability, and left shoulder disability have been granted service connection.,Service connection has been established for the Veteran's diagnosed conditions based on their relationship to his military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a nexus between the Veteran's current diagnoses and his military service, including documented in-service injuries and ongoing symptoms since separation from active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar disorder (IVDS, lumbar spondylosis at L5-S1, low back pain, and lumbar facet arthropathy at L4-L5 and L5-S1), right shoulder disability (rotator cuff tear, labral tear including SLAP, right rotator cuff syndrome, right rotator cuff strain, and right shoulder impingement with bursitis-tendonitis), left shoulder disability (rotator cuff tear)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2026
- Citation
- A26028935
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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.
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