The veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected right shoulder disability was denied as the current evaluation of 20 percent adequately reflects the functional impairment due to pain and other symptoms.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support assigning a higher rating based on additional functional loss or impairment beyond what is already accounted for by the current 20% evaluation, which takes into account the veteran's complaints of pain.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound of the right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- August 17, 2001
- Citation
- 0121056
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- Granted
The Veteran's shell fragment wound of the right shoulder is rated at 30 percent, and he was granted an initial compensable rating for pseudoaneurysm and arteriovenous fistula of the right iliac artery. The service connection is determined to be direct.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including scheduling a Travel Board hearing at the RO in St. Paul, Minnesota.
- Denied
The VA has determined that the veteran's right shoulder disability, which is a shell fragment wound, does not warrant an evaluation in excess of 30 percent.
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