The veteran's service-connected gunshot wound to the right shoulder is currently rated at 20 percent, and his PTSD is rated at 50 percent. The Board found that the evidence does not support a higher rating for either condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show more severe impairment of muscle function or other factors warranting an increased rating for the service-connected gunshot wound to the right shoulder. For PTSD, the evidence showed occupational and social impairment with reduced reliability and productivity but no indication of more severe symptoms that would support a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- gunshot wound to the right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 23, 2005
- Citation
- 0508699
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- Remanded (sent back)
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