The Board granted a 40 percent rating for residuals of right acromioclavicular joint separation, the maximum available under DCs 5203-5200.
The deciding factor: The veteran's current range of motion and symptoms do not warrant an increase in his disability rating beyond 40 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Right acromioclavicular joint separation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- July 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0621640
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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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