The Board has granted a 70 percent evaluation for the veteran's postoperative right shoulder replacement, effective March 14, 1995. The lumbar spine disability remains at 60 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated severe limitation of motion and pain in the right shoulder following revision arthroplasty, warranting a higher evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine, Postoperative right shoulder replacement, revision arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 22, 2003
- Citation
- 0307649
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Decisions by this judge: 999 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine, effective February 2, 2020.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 40 percent rating for degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine and a separate 10 percent rating from March 21, 2016 to October 20, 2024 for right lower extremity radiculopathy associated with the service-connected lumbosacral spine condition. The claim for an increased rating for the right shoulder acromioclavicular separation was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and effective dates, as well as a TDIU claim, due to additional evidence received after the last SOC and the need for an updated examination.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation prior to December 7, 2011.
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