The Veteran's right shoulder impingement syndrome is rated at 40 percent from August 23, 2017 to November 5, 2018, which meets the criteria for a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The VA examination revealed that the Veteran had limited motion of his arm to 25 degrees from the side, meeting the criteria for a 40 percent rating under DC 5201.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- August 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19166183
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an initial rating higher than 30 percent for adjustment disorder with depressed mood and remanded the claims for left and right shoulder impingement syndrome.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased initial rating for the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability and remanded claims for increased ratings for bilateral shoulder impingement syndrome.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected bilateral shoulder impingement syndrome has been rated at 20 percent, and the Board finds that this rating is not higher based on the evidence of record.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of increased ratings for right and left shoulder disabilities for additional development, including readjudication with all relevant evidence.
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