Shoulder decisions — 2025

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right shoulder condition, left shoulder condition, and scars disability from bilateral shoulder surgery due to insufficient evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board granted service connection for a left shoulder disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability, finding that it was aggravated beyond its natural progression.

The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a right shoulder condition due to an inadequate statement of reasons or bases and the need for a new medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for residuals of left and right shoulder injuries as there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease, and the conditions were not shown to be related to service.

The Board granted service connection for thoracolumbar spondylosis with degenerative joint disease and remanded claims for internal derangement of the left knee with meniscectomy, bilateral pes planus, arthritis of the shoulders, elbows, hands and fingers, legs, diabetes mellitus, hypertension.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including left and right shoulder conditions, migraines, PTSD, bilateral hearing loss, cervical spine condition, and knee conditions, as there was no evidence of a current disability or that the claimed disabilities were related to service.

The appeal seeking revision or reversal of the July 2019 rating decision that denied service connection for degenerative arthritis of left shoulder with rotator cuff tendonitis based on a clear and unmistakable error (CUE) is denied.

The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for migraine headaches but denied service connection and initial compensable ratings for other conditions.

The Board denied service connection for a left shoulder disability and a cervical spine (neck) disability as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active-duty service.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions and denied an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss.

The Board granted service connection for right and left shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis, and restored the 30 percent rating for migraine.

The Board denied increased evaluations for asthma, PTSD with sleep deprivation, and right shoulder rotator cuff tear. The Veteran's appeal regarding service connection for high blood pressure and TDIU was remanded.

The Veteran's hypertension is granted a 10 percent rating, but no higher. The claims for service connection for edema of the left and right lower extremities, scoliosis, lumbago, dysplasia, left shoulder keloid, and keloid on the right thigh are denied.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to her service-connected disabilities, which include posttraumatic stress disorder and various musculoskeletal conditions.

The Board granted service connection for a left shoulder disability, currently diagnosed as left shoulder strain and dislocation. The other claims were remanded.

The Board granted a CUE in the October 2007 rating decision for urinary incontinence, but denied CUE for left knee and right foot disabilities, as well as for the April 2010 asthma rating reduction.

The Board granted service connection for lumbar spine condition, including bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy and right shoulder condition but denied earlier effective dates for the claims of entitlement to an earlier effective date for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction, peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity, sciatic nerve, and peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity, sciatic nerve.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in the June 2010 rating decision that granted service connection for chronic impingement syndrome due to narrowed subacromial space and grade I ACG arthrosis of the right shoulder.

The Board denied service connection for GERD, IBS, and muscle and joint pain of the neck, right wrist, right foot, right shoulder and right knee as there is no evidence to support a finding that these conditions began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including psychiatric disorders, right hip disability, shin splints, upper respiratory infections, low back and cervical spine disabilities, as well as radiculopathy and sciatica in the lower extremities. The only positive decision was a 10 percent rating granted for eustachian tube dysfunction with vertigo.