The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected conditions have not warranted a higher initial evaluation, with the exception of a staged rating for residuals of left shoulder injury from May 22, 2000.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support an evaluation greater than 10 percent for scotomata of the left eye and degeneration of the right retina. For the left shoulder condition, there is no indication of impairment of the clavicle or scapula prior to December 11, 1998, and a preponderance of the evidence does not support an evaluation greater than 10 percent for residuals of a left shoulder injury prior to May 22, 2000. From that date onward, there is no indication of limitation of motion to shoulder level or less.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a left shoulder injury, Scotomata of the left eye and degeneration of the right retina
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0606754
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