The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected right shoulder disability warrants a 40 percent rating, effective from the date of the claim.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran experiences pain and limited motion in his right shoulder, which results in functional loss equivalent to limitation of motion to approximately 25 degrees from the side. This meets the criteria for a 40 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 5201.
- Claimed conditions
- anterior inferior dislocation, right shoulder impingement syndrome, myalgia of right infraspinatus muscle, osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 10, 2007
- Citation
- 0700689
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