The Veteran's postoperative right shoulder with arthritis was initially granted a noncompensable evaluation in April 2003, and then increased to 10 percent effective from October 2006 due to pain on use. The appeal is denied as no higher evaluations are warranted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's postoperative right shoulder with arthritis did not meet the criteria for a compensable evaluation prior to October 2006, and only met the criteria for a 10 percent evaluation effective from October 2006 due to pain on use. No higher evaluations are warranted based on the clinical findings.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Dislocation, Bristow/SLAP repair, Traumatic Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0921725
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for right shoulder dislocation and left shoulder dislocation due to a lack of a VA examination and medical opinion in connection with these claims.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The appeal for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for traumatic arthritis was dismissed due to untimeliness, while the service connection claim for psoriasis with psoriatic arthritis was remanded for further development.
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