The veteran's right shoulder disability is rated at 20 percent from September 30, 1994 to August 11, 2002 and the claim for a higher rating remains pending.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a higher rating during this period as the veteran could raise his right arm to at least shoulder level but not midway between side and shoulder level.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the right shoulder, healed tear of the rotator cuff, impingement syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- September 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0629819
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Decisions by this judge: 1,419 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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