The Veteran's right shoulder disability is rated at 20 percent from September 4, 2009 to June 6, 2013. The Board granted the specific rating and effective date requested by the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s symptoms of limited motion in his right shoulder more nearly approximated limitation at shoulder level during the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteoarthritis, Rotator cuff tendinopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19195331
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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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