Shoulder decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for a left shoulder, left hip, and right hip disability, as well as an effective date of June 13, 2022, for the assigned 70 percent rating for service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a psychiatric disability, fatigue, gastrointestinal issues, cervical spine problems, shoulder and wrist conditions, and dermatosis, to obtain additional evidence.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for various conditions and an increased rating for migraine headaches due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board remands the matters of service connection for a right shoulder disability, heart disability, stroke/cerebrovascular accident (CVA), special monthly compensation based on a need for the regular aid and attendance of another (A&A), and SMC based on housebound status due to missing service treatment records and SSA records.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and an increased rating, as well as remanded certain issues for further development.

The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's left knee and left shoulder disabilities, but granted a 10 percent rating for his bilateral tinea pedis.

The Board denied service connection for multiple disabilities, including a right hip disability, left ankle disability, right trigger finger disability, acquired psychiatric disorder, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and hypertension.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and remanded the issue of service connection for a left shoulder condition.

The Veteran's service-connected left knee and right shoulder disabilities, along with compensation benefits awarded under 38 USC § 1151 for a right bicep detachment during shoulder surgery, prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment from December 22, 2011 to December 11, 2016.

The Veteran was granted a TDIU for the period from July 1, 2016, to June 25, 2017, and beginning June 26, 2017, due to his service-connected coronary artery disease (CAD) status post coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

The appeal concerning the issues of entitlement to service connection for a right knee disability, a bilateral shoulder disability, hematuria, and a neck disability, and increased ratings for hemorrhoids and a left abdomen scar is dismissed.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left and right shoulder disability and fibromyalgia to obtain additional evidence.

The Board granted service connection for allergic rhinitis and remanded the other claims for further development.

The Board dismissed all claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings for service-connected conditions, as well as the claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction, due to the Veteran's death and the fact that no unadjudicated issues were pending at the time of his passing.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and eating disorder, but denied service connection for right hand arthritis, left hand arthritis, nerve damage in the neck, nerve damage in the right shoulder, nerve damage in the left shoulder, bronchitis, a gynecological disability, and non-compensable ratings for allergic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis.

The Board remands the appeal to the agency of original jurisdiction for a medical opinion on the nature and etiology of any right shoulder disorder.

The Board denied service connection for tinnitus, finding the Veteran's reported symptoms did not meet the medical definition of tinnitus and were instead consistent with transient ear noise. The claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, right hand disability, and right shoulder disability are remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claim for a left shoulder condition to obtain an addendum VA medical opinion regarding its etiology, including whether it is related to service or secondary to posttraumatic stress disorder and a right shoulder disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right shoulder disabilities due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error, requiring a medical opinion.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for hypertension, service connection for sleep apnea as secondary to PTSD, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability. The claims for service connection for left shoulder tendonitis, right shoulder pain, and lumbar spine disease were remanded.