The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are remanded due to the need for additional examinations to assess the current severity of his right shoulder disabilities and whether a right hand disability is secondary to his service-connected right shoulder conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new examinations were necessary to determine the current degree of impairment in the Veteran's service-connected right shoulder disabilities, as well as whether these disabilities have aggravated his right hand condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the right shoulder with limitation of motion, Residuals of a gunshot wound to the right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19149968
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What this means for you
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