The Board denied increased disability ratings for the veteran's left shoulder and right ankle conditions, but granted a separate 20 percent rating for impairment of the right humerus associated with the right shoulder condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran's conditions warranted an increase in disability rating beyond the currently assigned levels.
- Claimed conditions
- Left shoulder glenohumeral joint dislocation, Left shoulder acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis, glenohumeral joint osteoarthritis, bicipital tendon tear, rotator cuff tear, superior labral anterior-posterior lesion (SLAP), status-post rotator cuff, labral tear, and bicep repair, Right shoulder glenohumeral joint osteoarthritis with Hill-Sachs deformity of humeral head, Right ankle achilles tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25009396
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,762 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him incapable of securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board has granted his claim for Total Disability Rating Based on Unemployability (TDIU) effective from May 28, 2020.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from obtaining or retaining substantially gainful employment since September 1, 2017. Effective September 1, 2017, a TDIU is granted.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a disability rating greater than 20 percent for residuals of a Bristow procedure for recurrent dislocation of the left shoulder was denied. His TDIU claim due exclusively to service-connected residuals of a Bristow procedure for recurrent dislocation of the left shoulder and left shoulder glenohumeral dislocation, including on an extraschedular basis, was also denied.
- 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.
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