The veteran's right shoulder disability is currently rated at 10 percent, and his left shoulder disability is rated as noncompensable. The Board finds that neither condition warrants a higher evaluation.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not demonstrate additional functional loss or objective findings of pain in the shoulders that would warrant an increased rating under any applicable diagnostic code.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Dislocation, Left Shoulder Type I Acromioclavicular Joint Sprain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0615063
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