The Board has granted a 30 percent schedular rating and a 10 percent extraschedular rating for the Veteran's left shoulder strain. The case is being remanded to address the issue of TDIU on an extraschedular basis, as well as service connection for a systemic disorder.
The deciding factor: The decision was not clear regarding whether the Veteran has a systemic disorder related to his active service and if so, whether it can be distinguished from his left shoulder strain with tendinitis.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder strain with tendinitis, systemic disorder, previously diagnosed as collagen disease, mixed connective tissue disorder, and systemic myositis and arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2010
- Citation
- 1009294
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted a maximum schedular rating of 30 percent for the veteran's left shoulder strain with tendinitis, finding that it more nearly approximates to 25 degrees to the side with consideration of pain and functional loss. A separate extraschedular rating of 10 percent is also granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied the veteran's claim for an increased rating for a left shoulder strain with tendinitis. The Court granted the parties' motion to vacate only that action and remanded the case back to the Board for readjudication.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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