The VA has granted a 10% rating for the veteran's left shoulder subluxation, effective from March 27, 1993. The evidence does not support an increase in this rating.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence of dislocation or malunion that would warrant a higher evaluation under any applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Shoulder Subluxation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2004
- Citation
- 0401901
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,012 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's ratings for right and left shoulder subluxation were restored to 20% effective September 1, 2019.,A staged increased rating of 70% was granted for panic disorder with agoraphobia from March 7, 2019, through October 10, 2022.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for status post left shoulder subluxation, finding that the evidence did not reach equipoise as to whether such a higher rating was warranted.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's left and right shoulder subluxations are rated at the maximum available rating of 40 percent each, based on limitation of motion. The appeal is granted.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's current left shoulder disability is not related to his service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
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