Shoulder decisions — 2022

The Veteran is granted a TDIU effective October 1, 2004 due to his service-connected disabilities preventing him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's bilateral shoulder disabilities are related to a panic attack during a VA body scanner in April 2010. The case will be returned for further development and consideration.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for right and left shoulder disabilities, finding that the evidence is in approximate balance as to whether these conditions are related to his military service.

The Board has remanded the claims for entitlement to service connection for various lower extremity and upper body disabilities, including back pain, neck disability, ankle disabilities, foot disability, knee disabilities, hip disabilities, and shoulder disabilities. The VA will conduct additional examinations and obtain updated medical records before deciding these issues.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions and additional development is required.

The claim of service connection for degenerative joint disease of the right shoulder was granted with effective date January 14, 2015.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a left shoulder condition is reopened. The Board finds the evidence insufficient to resolve his claims on the merits and remands them for further development, including VA examinations.

The Veteran's headaches started in service and have continued. The Board finds the Veteran and service treatment records persuasive, finding that his headaches had their onset in service and have continued following service.

The Veteran's PTSD has been granted an initial disability rating of 70 percent, effective from the date of this decision.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, and thus grants his claim for TDIU.

The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's previously denied claim of service connection for a head tumor. The case is remanded for further development, including obtaining medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's head tumor and left shoulder disability.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a right shoulder disorder, left eye disorder, hypertension, and heart disorder due to potential new evidence submitted by the Veteran. The claims are also remanded for additional development including VA examinations.

The Veteran's claim for service connection for a right shoulder disability is being remanded due to the submission of new evidence that relates to an unestablished fact needed to substantiate this claim. The Board finds that the additional evidence raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran's claim.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral foot disability, hypertension, and left shoulder disability are remanded due to the need for additional medical examination.

The Board has remanded the cases due to inadequate opinions regarding the Veteran's low back, left shoulder, and right shoulder disorders. The VA examinations did not adequately address the Veteran's statements about his injuries during service.

The Veteran's eye disorder, right hand disorder, right knee disorder, left knee disorder, neck disorder, left arm disorder, right arm disorder, shortness of breath, muscular pain (shoulder joint pain), left shoulder disorder, right shoulder disorder, left hip disorder, and right hip disorder are not service-connected.,The Veteran's difficulty standing for a long period of time is not service-connected.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence in their current evaluations, and further examination is needed to determine if any of the claimed disabilities are related to active service or aggravated by a service-connected condition.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities require him to be in need of regular and attendance of another person, warranting entitlement to special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance.

The Veteran's right shoulder disability, including his total shoulder replacement, is rated at 60 percent. The condition results in chronic residuals of weakness and severe painful motion.

The Veteran's right shoulder disability is rated at 30 percent, but no higher. The appeal for a TDIU on an extraschedular basis is remanded.