The Veteran's appeal was granted, and he is now rated at a 10 percent disability rating for his service-connected right shoulder rotator cuff tear, effective March 1, 2008.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show an actual improvement in the Veteran's condition that would warrant a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Rotator cuff tear of the right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 23, 2011
- Citation
- 1135892
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's hypertension is granted with a 10% rating. The VA has ordered remand for additional evaluations of his coronary artery disease, right knee, and right shoulder conditions due to the possibility of worsening during the appeal period.
- Denied
The Board denied initial evaluations in excess of 10 percent for various disabilities, including DJD of the right knee, postoperative meniscal tear of the right knee, DJD of the left knee, DJD and DDD of the lumbar spine, DJD of the right ankle, rotator cuff tear of the right shoulder, DJD of the left hip, surgical scars on the left thigh, left knee, lumbosacral spine, and right knee.
- Granted
The veteran's service-connected rotator cuff tear of the right shoulder was initially evaluated as 10 percent disabling from February 4, 1999, to August 26, 2002. Beginning on and after August 27, 2002, he is entitled to a 20 percent evaluation for this condition. The residuals of his right elbow injury are currently rated as noncompensable.
- Granted
The Board found that the veteran's right shoulder disability, manifested by pain and limited motion but without severe impairment of function, warranted a 30 percent evaluation.
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