The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for recurrent left shoulder dislocations and right rotator cuff tear. The issues of service connection for these conditions are now to be adjudicated on their merits.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the final denial supports reopening the Veteran's claim, but no new or material evidence was provided for the right shoulder condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Recurrent left shoulder dislocations, Degenerative changes in the left shoulder joint, Right rotator cuff tear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2015
- Citation
- 1539573
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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 right shoulder disability is currently rated at 20% under the old rating criteria. The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain an updated VA examination and determine the current severity of the service-connected condition without considering any ameliorative effects of medication.
- Denied
The Veteran's right shoulder disability, specifically his right rotator cuff tear, is rated at 30 percent since December 2013. The Board found that the evidence does not show a limitation of motion to 25 degrees from side during any part of the appeal period.
- Granted
The Veteran's right rotator cuff tear and glenohumeral joint instability are rated at 20 percent effective December 22, 2021.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's TDIU claim is dismissed because he has a 100% schedular rating for ischemic heart disease and SMC benefits based on statutory housebound status due to other service-connected disabilities, rendering the TDIU claim moot.
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