The RO granted service connection and assigned evaluations for various shoulder, cervical spine, lumbar spine, knee, and toe conditions. The appellant's claims were not well-grounded for residuals of head injury.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no current residuals of the head injury that would support a grant of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Right shoulder degenerative joint disease, impingement syndrome, Left shoulder degenerative joint disease, impingement syndrome, Degenerative joint disease, cervical spine, Degenerative joint disease, lumbar spine, Postoperative meniscal tear, left knee with degenerative joint disease, Fracture, left great toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 22, 2000
- Citation
- 0007664
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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.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Granted
The veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Granted
The Board granted an increased initial rating of 20 percent disabling for the Veteran's right shoulder, effective November 22, 2011.
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