The Veteran's service-connected residuals of post-operative left shoulder rotator cuff tear are currently rated as 10 percent disabling. The RO has granted a separate 10 percent disability rating for post-operative tender and painful scarring of the left shoulder. Service connection for a right shoulder disability was denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected residuals of post-operative left shoulder rotator cuff tear have been rated as 10 percent disabling since December 2003, with no higher rating granted due to lack of evidence showing motion limited to shoulder level or ankylosis. A separate 10 percent disability rating was assigned for post-operative tender and painful scarring of the left shoulder. Service connection for a right shoulder disability was denied as there is no evidence that it had its onset during service or due to service-connected left shoulder disability.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative left shoulder rotator cuff tear, right shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1007303
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