The Board has granted a 10% evaluation for the veteran's left ulnar fracture residuals and finds that his chronic left shoulder disorder does not warrant service connection. The issue of entitlement to a total rating based on individual unemployability is being remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish new and material evidence sufficient to reopen the claim of service connection for the chronic left shoulder disorder, but the veteran's ulnar fracture residuals are productive of no more than a limited range of motion with degenerative joint disease.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic left shoulder disorder, left ulnar fracture residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0602811
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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