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Shoulder DBQ Decoder

Enter what's on your completed Shoulder and Arm Conditions DBQ. This gives you a plain-language rating estimate, flags anything the exam may have left incomplete, and tells you when your injury may belong under a different diagnostic code — it does not submit anything or replace a rating decision.

Exam findings
The shoulder schedule pays the dominant arm more. Check page 1 of the DBQ.
Leave blank if the exam recorded pain but not where it starts.
Other findings
Limitation of arm motion · DC 5201
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Adequacy check All clear

Not a rating decision. This is an estimate based on the numbers entered, not an official VA determination. A shoulder can also be rated under codes this tool doesn't calculate — ankylosis (5200), humerus impairment including recurrent dislocation (5202), and clavicle or scapula impairment (5203).