The Veteran's initial ratings for shoulder and elbow residuals of a right brachial plexus injury, hand and wrist residuals of a right brachial plexus injury, and traumatic arthritis of the right shoulder have been upheld. The Veteran is now rated at 70 percent for hand and wrist residuals of a right brachial plexus injury from March 15, 2016.
The deciding factor: The rating criteria were met for an increased rating based on the severity of the Veteran's disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Shoulder and elbow residuals of a right brachial plexus injury, Hand and wrist residuals of a right brachial plexus injury, Traumatic arthritis of the right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- January 14, 2021
- Citation
- 21002575
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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 granted a 40 percent rating for L4-L5 space narrowing degenerative arthritis prior to January 14, 2025, and denied higher ratings for the other conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for a new VA examination to determine the severity of the Veteran's right shoulder disability prior to May 30, 2014, and from May 30, 2014, to the present. The examiner must consider the Veteran’s lay statements and previous VA examinations and post-service treatment records.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's lumbar spine disability has been rated as 60 percent for IVDS with pronounced symptoms, including sciatic neuropathy and demonstrable deformity of a vertebral body. The right shoulder arthritis is not entitled to an increased rating.,The left shoulder arthritis warrants a separate 10 percent rating.
- Granted
The Veteran's right shoulder traumatic arthritis is rated at 60 percent, the maximum schedular rating available.
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