The Veteran's right and left shoulder osteopenia and muscle atrophy have been granted initial disability ratings of 40 percent and 30 percent, respectively.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations indicated severe impairment in the Veteran's dominant (right) shoulder and moderately severe impairment in his non-dominant (left) shoulder, warranting the maximum available ratings under Diagnostic Code 5301.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder osteopenia, left shoulder osteopenia, muscle atrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- April 3, 2009
- Citation
- 0912578
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a muscle disorder, including muscle atrophy of groups I-IV, as there is no evidence of such a condition and it was not caused or aggravated by his service-connected right shoulder osteoarthritis.
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