The Board has granted an increased rating for the veteran's left shoulder disability to 20 percent, effective from when the current rating was assigned in April 1994.
The deciding factor: The RO provided additional medical evidence and considered whether arthritis is part of the service-connected left shoulder disability. The RO determined that a separate rating based on arthritis could not be granted due to limitations under 38 C.F.R. § 4.14, which prohibits evaluation of the same manifestation under different diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic dislocation of the left shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 29, 2001
- Citation
- 0109249
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's left shoulder disability, post-surgery status post Bankart Repair with degenerative changes, is currently rated at 20 percent and the Board finds that a higher rating is not warranted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is about a higher rating for his service-connected left shoulder disability, which has been rated at 20 percent. The RO needs to arrange for the Veteran to undergo a VA examination and obtain any additional records before deciding whether to grant an extra-schedular rating or remand the case.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 10% rating for chronic dislocation of the left shoulder was granted, with the effective date set at March 21, 1973.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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