The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for a right shoulder and arm disability. The Veteran's right leg shell fragment wound residuals are currently rated as slight, but the criteria for a compensable rating have not been met.
The deciding factor: The VA examination findings do not support a higher rating based on muscle group XIII disability due to the current mild nature of the Veteran's symptoms and functional impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder and Arm Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2009
- Citation
- 0934209
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for a right shoulder and arm disability, but has remanded the cases for further development regarding back disability and pes planus.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right arm disability and a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD prior to April 21, 2015. The evidence did not support a finding that current disabilities were related to service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has reopened the claims of service connection for a right shoulder and arm disability, a cervical spine disability, and a back disability. The Veteran's new evidence is sufficient to reopen these claims.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the June 1953 rating decision denying service connection for right shoulder and arm disability was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous. The new evidence submitted by the veteran, his testimony at the RO hearing in December 1999, did not provide material to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection.
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