The Board granted an initial 20 percent rating for right rotator cuff tendonitis from April 16, 1999 to August 13, 2012 and denied a higher rating for the left shoulder surgical scar during the same period.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right rotator cuff tendonitis manifested in limitation of motion at shoulder level, while his left shoulder surgical scar was painless, stable, and measured less than 1 square centimeter.
- Claimed conditions
- right rotator cuff tendonitis, left shoulder surgical scar, left rotator cuff tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25038998
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 998 · Granted: 40% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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