The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeal as to his claim for service connection for osteoarthrosis of the right knee. The initial rating claim for left shoulder arthroscopy, open Bankart capsulorrhaphy, was denied and an initial 10 percent rating was assigned.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the issue of entitlement to service connection for osteoarthrosis of the right knee in October 2012. The Board found that the left shoulder disability is manifested by pain, stiffness, and discomfort resulting in mild limitation of motion and instability without ankylosis.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthrosis of the right knee, left shoulder arthroscopy, open Bankart capsulorrhaphy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 9, 2013
- Citation
- 1340515
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