The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable initial rating for right shoulder scars due to their small size and lack of additional symptoms, and remanded the claim for varicocele as there was no recent in-person examination.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran's right shoulder scars met the criteria for a compensable rating under applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder scars, varicocele
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25022831
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 869 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for an effective date prior to December 7, 2015, for the award of service connection for varicocele and epididymitis has been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal request.
- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability and denied service connection for right shoulder scars. The claims for peripheral neuropathy of the left thumb, a right ankle disorder, and a left ankle disorder were remanded.
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