The veteran's appeal includes claims for increased evaluation, service connection, and new and material evidence. The Board has reopened the claim of heat cramps due to undiagnosed illness but denied all other issues.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the service connection claim for heat cramps, while there was no current disability found in the right ankle or any other condition that could be linked to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder AC Joint Separation
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2008
- Citation
- 0808138
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's right shoulder disability, including AC joint separation and impingement syndrome with DJD, is rated at 40 percent. A separate rating of 30 percent for the service-connected nerve impairment is also granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issue of a rating in excess of 30 percent for residuals, right shoulder, AC joint separation due to lack of compliance with VA examination requirements. The Veteran's current disability picture does not meet or approximate criteria for a higher rating.
- Granted
The Veteran's right shoulder disability is rated at 30 percent, effective April 24, 2016. The rating reflects the Veteran's symptoms of decreased ranges of motion and pain, which have not more nearly approximated a higher rating.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected right shoulder disability, manifested by pain and occasional looseness but with normal range of motion above shoulder level, does not warrant a rating higher than 10 percent.
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