The Board has granted initial ratings of 20% for bilateral shoulder DJD since March 2006, and the matters of initial ratings in excess of 10% prior to March 2006, and ratings in excess of 20% since March 2006 remain for appellate consideration.
The deciding factor: The RO granted service connection for bilateral shoulder DJD with initial ratings of 10% each from September 2004. The Board remanded the case to consider higher initial ratings following the grants of service connection, and has now granted 20% ratings since March 2006.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Shoulder Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD), Right Shoulder Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0827792
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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