Shoulder decisions — 2024

The Board has granted earlier effective dates of November 30, 2018 for the award of a 30 percent disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected right shoulder disability and an earlier effective date for TDIU.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a prostate condition and left shoulder condition due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for right shoulder surgical scars and granted a 20 percent rating for painful right knee surgical scars. The evidence did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under Diagnostic Code 7802, but the Veteran is entitled to a compensable rating under Diagnostic Code 7804 due to his painful right knee surgical scars.

The Veteran's claim for SMC based on housebound status is denied because he does not have a single service-connected disability rated at 100 percent, nor has he been awarded a total disability evaluation based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to a single service-connected disability.

The Veteran's effective dates for various disability evaluations have been granted as of September 23, 2019. The claims were based on new evidence that reopened the service connection for these conditions.

The Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation based on housebound and aid and attendance has been denied as she does not meet the criteria for either benefit due to her service-connected disabilities.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, left foot condition, left shoulder arthritis, left hand index finger disability, and left leg disability as new and relevant evidence was not received to reopen these previously denied claims.

The Board has remanded the service connection claims for left and right knee disabilities due to a lack of VA examination. The Veteran's bilateral shoulder conditions were denied as not related to service.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been denied as there is no evidence of current disabilities or a causal link to his military service. The Board has also remanded several issues related to anxiety, depression with insomnia, PTSD, vertigo, and sleep apnea due to potential exposure to toxins during service.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection of right shoulder and right foot disabilities due to lack of new and relevant evidence.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for an eating disorder, fatigue (secondary to PTSD), foot pain, post-traumatic osteoarthritis, and a right shoulder condition are denied. The Board has remanded the cases due to duty-to-assist errors.,The Veteran's claims of residuals from a back injury, right hip disability including femoral acetabular impingement syndrome and tendinitis, left hip condition, and right ankle disability (including lateral collateral ligament sprain) are also being remanded.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including anxiety, PTSD, depression, allergies, a right leg disability, bilateral shoulder disabilities, carpal tunnel syndrome, hair loss, sleep apnea, and low back and neck disabilities are denied.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus is also denied.

The Board has granted service connection for right shoulder strain, finding that the Veteran's injury during basic training is related to his current condition.,Service connection was denied for diabetes mellitus due to insufficient evidence linking in-service stomach issues to the development of the disability.

The Board has granted service connection for lumbosacral strain and right shoulder strain, finding that the Veteran's current disabilities are related to in-service injuries.

Service connection is granted for tinnitus.,Service connection is denied for headache disability, left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability, right elbow disability, left elbow disability, right wrist disability, left wrist disability, left hip disability, right hip disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, left ankle disability, and right ankle disability. Service connection is also denied for bilateral foot disability.

The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for various service-connected conditions were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support higher ratings based on current symptomatology.

The Board has denied service connection for various conditions, including psychiatric disabilities, allergic rhinitis, kidney disability, ED, GERD, peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, shoulder disabilities, liver disability, and lung disability. The appeal is not about service connection at all.

The Board has dismissed the case as the past-due benefits awarded in the January 2020 rating decision have been paid in full by the Veteran.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of right shoulder impingement syndrome with rotator cuff sprain and degenerative arthritis was denied in September 2018. The effective date for the grant of service connection is set at February 25, 2021.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted, but the effective dates are not established. The application to revise a March 1995 rating decision based on CUE is denied.