The Board has granted a 30 percent disability rating for the veteran's left shoulder disability, effective from November 1998. The claim was reopened on new evidence and the initial grant of service connection is assigned an effective date of April 11, 1996.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows a noted decrease in strength, fatigability, lack of endurance, and restricted motion, with objective evidence of pain on motion and x-ray evidence of arthritis. The veteran's disability meets the criteria for a 30 percent rating under DC 5201 for limitation of motion of the left arm.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Shoulder Disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 24, 2000
- Citation
- 0022385
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