Shoulder decisions — 2022

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right shoulder and right knee disabilities due to insufficient medical opinions and potential exposure during periods of active duty.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left knee condition and right shoulder disability due to additional development being necessary.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for left and right shoulder disorders, finding that there was no evidence linking his current conditions to his active service.

The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence being added to the claims file, and the Veteran requested a review of this additional evidence. The claim for service connection for a left shoulder disability will be reconsidered.

A 20 percent rating is granted for right shoulder DJD and tendinopathy from August 1, 2013 to December 15, 2020.,Ratings in excess of 10 percent are denied for both right elbow lateral epicondylitis with painful motion and left elbow lateral epicondylitis with painful motion.

The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings are being remanded due to outstanding private treatment records, a newly raised theory of claim regarding open burning of documents, and the need for additional medical opinions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate VA examination opinions and lack of access to certain records. The cases are now pending further review.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for a right shoulder disability and TDIU due to inadequate VA examination in 2020, lack of relevant medical records, and need for further evaluation.

Your appeals for service connection of various disabilities have been dismissed due to the death of the appellant.

The Veteran's right shoulder total reverse arthroplasty is granted a 50 percent rating effective April 13, 2021.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his left shoulder strain is denied as the evidence does not show that his range of motion is limited to 25 degrees from the side.,Service connection for voiding dysfunction is remanded due to missing VA examination records.

The Board dismissed the claim for service connection of a right shoulder disability as it was not intended by the Veteran.,The Board denied the request to revise or reverse the September 2016 rating decision regarding prostate cancer on grounds of CUE, finding no evidence of duty-to-assist error and that the claim should have been granted at the outset.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to new evidence received, and also because of a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The Veteran's esthesioneuroblastoma is presumed to be related to herbicide exposure in Vietnam, but there are conflicting opinions on its etiology.

The Veteran's hypertension and generalized anxiety disorder are granted service connection based on presumed exposure to Agent Orange. His right hip joint replacement is granted a rating of 70 percent, which is the maximum allowed under VA regulations.

The Board has granted service connection for a right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, and shin splints of the left leg.,Service connection is established for these conditions based on their direct relationship to active duty service.

The Veteran's right ankle sprain disability is rated at 20 percent, the maximum schedular rating for limited motion of the ankle.,The Veteran's surgical scars of the right shoulder are not compensable as they do not meet the criteria for a compensable rating.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left shoulder and left knee disabilities, as secondary to a service-connected lumbar spine disability. Additional development is required due to incomplete medical records and lack of clear opinion regarding the onset or etiology of these conditions.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee and left shoulder disabilities due to inadequate opinions in previous VA examinations. The case is now pending further development.

The Veteran's left shoulder disability is rated at 20 percent, and the Board found that it does not warrant a higher rating based on current evidence of record.

The Veteran's right shoulder disability was rated at 20 percent from August 1, 2012 to September 21, 2022 and denied for a higher rating. From September 22, 2022, the Veteran's right shoulder disability was rated at 40 percent and also denied for a higher rating.