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The Veteran's appeal of her increased disability rating claim for tendinopathy of the right shoulder was denied because she did not file a timely substantive appeal following the issuance of an April 2016 Statement of the Case.

The deciding factor: The Veteran did not submit a timely VA Form 9, which is required to perfect an appeal after receiving a Statement of the Case (SOC).

Claimed conditions
degenerative joint disease of the right shoulder
How they argued it
Direct service connection
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
January 10, 2020
Citation
20002517

Veterans Law Judge

M. Donohue

Decisions by this judge: 1,762 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)

Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.

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