Shoulder decisions — 2025

The Board grants service connection for left shoulder disability and right shoulder disability, finding the evidence is in relative equipoise as to whether these disabilities are related to active service.

The Board granted presumptive service connection for tinnitus, but remanded the claims for other conditions due to a duty to assist error.

The Board denied service connection for right hip disability, left hip disability, and bilateral pes planus. The claims for an increased rating for PTSD, back disability, tension headaches, OSA, right shoulder disability, and onychomycosis with tinea pedis were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for erectile dysfunction, right hand tendinitis, right elbow condition, and right shoulder condition. An effective date of December 15, 2020, was granted for the award of service connection for a lumbar spine disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left elbow, left shoulder, psychiatric disability (depression), erectile dysfunction, and hypertension due to insufficient evidence in the VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for right shoulder strain, left shoulder strain, and a right eye condition based on the evidence showing they are related to in-service injuries.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for revision of the January 2014 rating decision that assigned a 10 percent rating for status post right shoulder slap tear on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE).

The appeal on the issues of whether certain November 16, 2021, rating decisions were the product of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) is dismissed as a matter of law.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD, effective July 13, 2013. The claims for a left elbow and shoulder condition were remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for lumbar spine, cervical spine, and left shoulder disabilities due to the Veteran's refusal to attend VA examinations. The claims for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, bilateral foot conditions, and bronchitis were remanded.

The Board granted an initial 10 percent rating for COPD with asthma and a 70 percent rating for PTSD, while denying service connection for a left shoulder condition.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including left and right knee, shoulder, back, ankle, elbow, and sciatica conditions, due to a failure to provide adequate VA examinations and incomplete verification of National Guard service.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the remaining claims on appeal due to missing service treatment records that were later located.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for right shoulder degenerative arthritis to obtain an addendum opinion addressing whether the Veteran's condition is related to his active service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected disabilities as he failed to report for scheduled VA examinations without good cause.

The Board denied the claims for earlier effective dates, increased ratings, and service connection due to insufficient evidence linking the conditions to active service or other presumptive exposures.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions and denied earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection, except for a 10 percent rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae and a 20 percent rating for bilateral dry eye syndrome.

The Board granted service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease, a right shoulder disability (major condition), and obstructive sleep apnea. The claims for left heel spur, left foot disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy were denied. A claim for a right foot disability was remanded.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, right shoulder disability, left elbow disability, right elbow disability, left ankle disability, and right ankle disability as the evidence did not support a finding of a current disability related to service. The claims for psychiatric disability, obstructive sleep apnea, left eye disability, right eye disability, cervical spine disability, and left shoulder disability were remanded.

The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, bilateral ankle disability, bilateral shoulder disability, back disability, and tinnitus as the evidence did not support a finding of current disabilities or a link to in-service events.