The Veteran's left shoulder disability, post-total shoulder arthroplasty, is rated at 50 percent effective November 1, 2011. The rating remains at 50 percent as of September 1, 2013.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows chronic residuals consisting of moderate to severe painful motion and weakness in the affected extremity following left shoulder surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Shoulder Degenerative Joint Disease, Total Shoulder Arthroplasty (TSA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19185752
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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