The Board has granted an increased evaluation of 20 percent for the Veteran's service-connected chronic right shoulder strain, effective from when the claim was received in December 2007.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports and medical records provided evidence of current left shoulder disability and its relationship to the service-connected right shoulder strain.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder degenerative arthritis with internal derangement
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 12, 2011
- Citation
- 1138072
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What this means for you
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