The Board denied additional attorney fees based on past-due benefits granted in an August 2019 rating decision, as the appellant has already received the attorney fees based on the past-due benefits awarded to the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The withholding of compensation benefits prior to the September 2019 Audit Error Worksheet was proper to avoid duplicate payments.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 27, 2020
- Citation
- A20016090
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,797 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's left shoulder acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis is currently rated at 20 percent, effective August 11, 2013. The Board found that the disability does not meet or approximate the criteria for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic code.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's request to restore a higher rating for his left shoulder acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis, strain and rotator cuff tendonitis from 30% back to 20%, finding that the evidence did not show severity of symptoms resulting in limitation of flexion of the left arm to midway between the side and shoulder level.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right shoulder disabilities are being remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple musculoskeletal conditions and a psychiatric condition, all of which were determined to be caused by an in-service injury.
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