The VA has denied the veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for his service-connected left shoulder, which is currently rated at 20 percent.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show any additional functional limitation to warrant a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative residuals of a dislocated left shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2002
- Citation
- 0214799
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected post-operative residuals of a dislocated left shoulder warrant a 30 percent rating, reflecting significant functional impairment and pain.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the receipt of additional evidence. The issue on appeal will be reconsidered with consideration of this new evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claim for an increased disability rating for his service-connected left shoulder disability is being remanded due to the need for a comprehensive VA orthopedic examination.
- 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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