The Board has restored a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected residuals of a right shoulder injury, including traumatic degenerative joint disease, finding that there is insufficient evidence to reduce the current rating.
The deciding factor: The reduction from 30% to 10% was not supported by adequate medical evidence showing an actual improvement in the Veteran's condition under ordinary conditions of daily life.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right shoulder injury, traumatic degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 26, 2012
- Citation
- 1225868
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What this means for you
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