The Board has granted effective dates of March 3, 1997 for the assignment of a 20 percent disability rating for service-connected arthritis of the left shoulder and right shoulder.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed that the veteran's arm movement was limited to 100 degrees in each shoulder on March 3, 1997, which is more than the required 90 degrees for a 20 percent disability rating under Diagnostic Code 5201.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the left shoulder, arthritis of the right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 9, 2008
- Citation
- 0800888
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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.
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