The Veteran's increased rating claim for residuals of a gunshot wound to the right shoulder was denied as his disability did not warrant an increase in rating beyond 20 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA examination and medical evidence showed that the Veteran had residual symptoms consistent with a moderate muscle injury, but no additional criteria for higher ratings were met.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of gunshot wound to right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 12, 2010
- Citation
- 1038250
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including right shoulder arthritis and gunshot wound residuals. The specific reasons for remand are not provided in this decision.
- Denied
The Board has determined that there is no evidence of a gunshot wound to the right shoulder in service and the veteran's current right shoulder condition has not been shown to be causally related to service. As such, the claim for service connection for residuals of a gunshot wound to the right shoulder is denied.
- Granted
The Board has granted an earlier effective date of December 1, 1993 for a 30 percent rating for the veteran's service-connected right shoulder disability.
- 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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