The Board granted an increased rating of 20 percent for the veteran's service-connected residuals of a fracture of T-8, effective March 15, 2002. The claim for tinnitus was also granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence supported the grant of an increased rating based on the severity of the veteran's back disability and hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Fracture of the right clavicle, Fracture of T-8 (eighth thoracic vertebra)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- February 8, 2007
- Citation
- 0704098
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected fracture of the right clavicle, SLAP lesion repair (major), was granted a 30 percent evaluation prior to September 18, 2015. The condition manifested with limitation of abduction and flexion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient compliance with prior remand directives and a need for additional VA medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right shoulder disorder.
- Denied
The VA denied an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for the veteran's residuals of a fracture of the right clavicle, and left the issue of a separate compensable rating for a status post surgery scar unresolved.
- Denied
The veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied as his conditions did not warrant a higher rating based on the current evidence of record.
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