The Board granted a 30 percent rating for residuals of right scapula fracture and denied the increased ratings for lumbosacral spine injury. The TDIU claim was granted effective from May 6, 2005.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supported the need for a higher rating based on the veteran's symptoms and functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral spine injury, right scapula fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 6, 2007
- Citation
- 0727934
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's muscle injuries, specifically a need for an examination and opinion on the severity of his condition.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an initial rating of 20 percent for residuals of a lumbosacral spine injury is denied.,The Veteran's request for an effective date prior to December 13, 2010, for a 20 percent rating for residuals of a lumbosacral spine injury is also denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an unresolved claim of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a previous rating decision, which is necessary before considering the earlier effective date for the lumbosacral spine disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's right shoulder disability, including a comminuted right scapula fracture and glenohumeral dislocation with degenerative changes, is rated at 20 percent for the entire period on appeal.
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