The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected residuals of a shell fragment wound of muscle group XXIII of the neck do not warrant a higher rating due to lack of ankylosis or severe intervertebral disc syndrome. The arthritis of the shoulders, however, limits motion to shoulder level and warrants a 20% rating.
The deciding factor: The veteran's pain associated with his arthritis of the shoulders limits motion to approximately shoulder level, meeting the criteria for a 20% rating under Diagnostic Code 5201.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a shell fragment wound of muscle group XXIII of the neck, Arthritis of the shoulders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 16, 2000
- Citation
- 0016033
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for arthritis of the shoulders and left hip as they were not incurred in or aggravated by active service, nor may they be presumed to have been incurred therein.
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