The Board has determined that the veteran's right shoulder disability, characterized by recurrent dislocation and post-surgical changes, does not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher rating than the currently assigned 40 percent evaluation.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows arthritis with limitation of motion, pain, and weakness in the right shoulder but no findings consistent with fibrous union, nonunion, loss of humeral head, ankylosis of scapulohumeral articulation, or other conditions warranting a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Recurrent dislocation, right shoulder, Post-surgical changes in the right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 23, 2005
- Citation
- 0531902
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 20 percent for recurrent dislocation, right shoulder is denied. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a higher rating based on current symptoms.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for left ankle disability, right ankle disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, and low back disability are remanded to allow for further examination and determination of their relationship to service.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's recurrent dislocation of the right shoulder and residual surgical scar of the right shoulder, but remanded a claim for service connection for right upper extremity radiculopathy.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied a higher disability rating for the Veteran's recurrent dislocation, right shoulder as his range of motion was not limited to 45 degrees (midway between side and shoulder level), which is required for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 5201.
- Whole decision: 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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