Shoulder decisions — 2022

The Board has remanded the claims for left shoulder, right foot, and left knee disabilities due to inadequate VA opinions regarding their etiology.

The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder condition and bilateral foot arthritis, finding no evidence of continuity of symptoms since service.,The Veteran's TDIU claim was also denied as he has not been precluded from obtaining substantially gainful employment solely due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed disabilities are not related to his military service, and thus denied all claims for service connection.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 20 percent rating for his service-connected left shoulder disability is being remanded due to improper filing of the Notice of Disagreement (NOD).

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected left shoulder condition, chronic thoracic spine strain, and bilateral hearing loss due to new evidence added since the April 2016 statement of the case.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to a lack of VA examinations and outstanding treatment records. The Veteran is also being asked to provide releases for any correctional facilities where he was incarcerated, as these records may contain relevant information.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation for the period from September 21, 2012 to December 4, 2012. The Board granted TDIU on an extraschedular basis due to the combined impact of multiple service-connected conditions.

The Board has granted service connection for right ear hearing loss, but denied service connection for left hip disorder, right wrist disorder, and left shoulder disorder. The decision is based on the evidence showing that these conditions are not related to service.

The Board denied service connection for right shoulder, left shoulder, neck/cervical spine, and back/spine disabilities. The Veteran's STRs were unremarkable for complaints of these conditions.,Service connection was not granted as the earliest clinical evidence of current symptoms is more than a decade after separation from service.

The Board has remanded several issues related to service connection and evaluations for various conditions, including a right shoulder disorder, cervical spine disorder, lumbosacral strain with degenerative joint disease, sciatica of the left lower extremity, and sciatica of the right lower extremity. The remand requires addendum VA medical opinions on the etiology of these conditions.

The Veteran's dizziness, right shoulder disability, and right foot disability have been granted. The claims for left foot disability and asthma rating are pending and need further evaluation. Service connection is also granted for the feet disabilities with new evidence presented.

The Veteran's appeals for pneumonia, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and hemorrhoids have been dismissed. The appeal to reopen his psychiatric disorder claim has been granted. The remaining claims are remanded due to new evidence.

The Board has granted service connection for right shoulder AC joint osteoarthritis, left knee osteoarthritis, and left ankle osteoarthritis as these conditions are found to be related to active duty service.

The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss is denied as there is no evidence of in-service noise exposure or a current disability related to service.,Service connection for the left shoulder condition is granted, with the presumption that it was aggravated by service.

The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 20 percent for left shoulder calcific tendonitis/tendinitis was denied.,The Veteran's appeal for TDIU prior to December 9, 2014 was also denied.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for various disabilities, including anxiety and depression, neck disability, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, back disability, vertigo, sleeping disorder (including sleep apnea), and Meniere's syndrome. The Veteran is asked to provide authorization for VA to obtain records from University of Western States chiropractic school in Portland, Oregon.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for right ankle and right shoulder disorders due to a lack of current diagnoses related to these conditions, and insufficient evidence linking them to his military service.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including left and right shoulder, knee, back, and hip conditions, are remanded due to insufficient evidence or need for further development.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for fibromyalgia was denied as there is no current diagnosis of the condition.,Multiple issues were remanded, including heart disorder, prostate disorder, diabetes mellitus, thyroid disorder, headache disorder, skin disability, sinus disorder with allergies, hypertension, bilateral hearing loss, gout, left shoulder disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, left leg disability, and right leg disability.

The Veteran's combined disability rating is 100 percent, and he meets the schedular criteria for a TDIU. However, there is no evidence that any single service-connected condition prevents him from maintaining substantially gainful employment.