The Veteran's right shoulder acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis is currently rated at 20 percent prior to February 18, 2020 and denied for a higher rating. The Veteran's left knee chronic synovitis and degenerative joint disease, right knee chronic synovitis and degenerative joint disease, and bilateral plantar fasciitis and pes planus are all currently rated at 10 percent prior to February 18, 2020 and denied for higher ratings.,From February 18, 2020, the Veteran's bilateral plantar fasciitis and pes planus is rated at 30 percent and denied for a higher rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show that the Veteran's right shoulder acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis or left knee chronic synovitis and degenerative joint disease, right knee chronic synovitis and degenerative joint disease, or bilateral plantar fasciitis and pes planus have worsened to a degree warranting higher ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Acromioclavicular Joint Osteoarthritis, Left Knee Chronic Synovitis and Degenerative Joint Disease, Right Knee Chronic Synovitis and Degenerative Joint Disease, Left Foot Plantar Fasciitis and Bilateral Pes Planus, Right Foot Plantar Fasciitis and Bilateral Pes Planus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2023
- Citation
- 23000310
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 275 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to issues with the VA examinations and concerns about functional ankylosis. The Veteran's right shoulder disability is rated based on its current severity.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's initial claim for a higher rating for his right shoulder disability was denied prior to October 17, 2018. From January 1, 2019 onwards, the Veteran received an increased rating of 30 percent.,The Board has remanded the case due to the need for further adjudication on the issue of entitlement to a total disability rating due to individual unemployability resulting from service-connected disability (TDIU).
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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