The Board denied service connection for nerve damage to the right shoulder and found that a rating of 20 percent was appropriate for the veteran's right shoulder acromioclavicular joint arthritis.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of current nerve damage in the right shoulder, and the veteran's right shoulder disability is manifested by functional limitation of arm motion to shoulder level. The Board found that a rating of 20 percent was appropriate for the veteran's right shoulder acromioclavicular joint arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- nerve damage of the right shoulder, right shoulder acromioclavicular joint arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 24, 2008
- Citation
- 0813545
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