The veteran's increased ratings for his right shoulder and elbow degenerative joint disease have been granted, effective September 2005.
The deciding factor: The VA determined that the previously assigned separate evaluations were erroneous and corrected them to reflect a single rating of 20 percent for both conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the right shoulder, degenerative joint disease of the right elbow
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- September 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0629821
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Decisions by this judge: 1,325 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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