The Board has granted an effective date of February 15, 2001 for the assignment of a 40 percent rating for traumatic arthritis of the right shoulder.
The deciding factor: An increase in disability occurred within one year prior to the date of claim (February 15, 2001), and evidence shows that the veteran's right shoulder arthritis was shown to be of such severity as to meet the criteria for a 40 percent evaluation during the year prior to February 15, 2001.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Arthritis of the Right Shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- December 19, 2008
- Citation
- 0843968
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What this means for you
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected right shoulder disability has resulted in painful limitation of motion, and the Board finds a rating of 20 percent is warranted for the entire appeal period.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's traumatic arthritis of the right shoulder warrants a 20 percent evaluation effective April 2, 2008.
- Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations for traumatic arthritis of the left ankle and right shoulder, finding that the evidence does not support a higher rating under applicable VA regulations.
- Granted
The Board has granted a 40 percent disability rating for traumatic arthritis of the right shoulder, effective May 11, 2002. The effective date was changed from February 27, 2001 to November 11, 2001.
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