The Veteran's service connection for a psychiatric disorder and left shoulder impingement is granted, but the initial rating for left shoulder impingement remains pending.
The deciding factor: Service connection established for a psychiatric disorder with insomnia due to continuity of symptoms since service. Initial rating for left shoulder impingement remains under review as evidence is insufficient to determine if it warrants an extra-schedular evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric Disorder (depression with insomnia), Left Shoulder Impingement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2013
- Citation
- 1302380
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- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for PTSD, shoulder impingement, shoulder arthroscopic scars, painful scar of the right shoulder, and knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with chondromalacia and Baker's cyst. Service connection was also denied for bilateral hearing loss.
- Granted
The Veteran's past-due benefits were awarded in the June 2021 rating decision, which granted a 20% increased rating for left shoulder impingement. This contributed to his overall 100% disability rating from March 26, 2020.
- Granted
The Veteran's appeal for service connection and increased rating for left shoulder disability is dismissed. The Veteran's claim for a 70% rating for PTSD, effective July 11, 2017, is granted.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for a higher disability rating for his left shoulder disability and TDIU due to service-connected disabilities were both denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his left shoulder disability, and he did not meet the criteria for a TDIU.
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