The Veteran's left shoulder disability is currently rated at 30 percent from August 1, 2014. The Board denied a higher rating for the period prior to January 10, 2014 and granted a separate 40 percent rating for severe incomplete paralysis of the upper radicular group.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left shoulder disability did not meet criteria for ankylosis or functional equivalent thereof. The muscle injuries in groups III and IV were rated at 30 percent each, but combined with the shoulder disability would result in a maximum rating of 40 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Shoulder Injury, Degenerative Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 22, 2022
- Citation
- 22010106
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