The Veteran's right shoulder disability is rated at 40 percent prior to August 23, 2012. The Board denied entitlement to an increased rating and TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right shoulder disability limits range of motion but does not meet the criteria for a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic code.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder traumatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 4, 2023
- Citation
- 23000421
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Decisions by this judge: 1,886 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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