The Board has determined that the Veteran's left shoulder disability with arthritis warrants a rating of 30 percent, effective from July 2009. Prior to this date, the disability was rated at 20 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations conducted in January 2007 showed significant limitation of motion and pain that approached but did not meet the criteria for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 5201 (30% rating).
- Claimed conditions
- separation of the left shoulder with arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2010
- Citation
- 1013288
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The case is being remanded for additional development due to the veteran's recent left shoulder surgery. The claim will be re-adjudicated after the requested development has been completed.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claim for a higher rating for his left shoulder disability is being remanded due to the need for additional medical examination and consideration of the case under 38 C.F.R. § 3.321(b).
- Whole decision: 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.
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