The Board has granted service connection for right shoulder DJD, but the appeal is dismissed as it was already fully addressed in a previous decision.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for service connection had been previously resolved and granted by the AOJ, making the issue moot.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2023
- Citation
- A23032909
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a compensable evaluation for erectile dysfunction was denied, and his claim for an effective date prior to July 20, 2015 for the award of TDIU benefits was also denied.
- Denied
The Veteran's combined disability rating is denied as it does not meet the criteria for a 100% rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new examinations are needed to evaluate the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including his bilateral lower extremities and right shoulder conditions. The issues of higher ratings for these conditions have been remanded.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for his service-connected chronic right shoulder muscle strain with DJD was denied by the Board. The current rating of 10 percent is maintained.
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