Shoulder decisions — 2025

The Board remands the appeals for additional medical opinions regarding the etiologies of a left shoulder disorder and facial motor tic disorders, specifically addressing service-related incidents.

The Board denied service connection for both a left and right shoulder disability as there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease related to the claimed conditions.

The Board denied service connection for right shoulder tendonitis and bilateral hearing loss, as there was no current disability. The claim for major depression was remanded for further development.

The Board denied service connection for a left shoulder condition and a right shoulder condition, finding no evidence of a current disability or in-service incurrence.

The Board granted service connection for right and left shoulder disabilities but denied service connection for a right knee disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for sinus condition, left elbow condition, bilateral foot pain, right arm pain radiating from the right shoulder into the right arm, arm numbness, and leg numbness to correct duty to assist errors.

The Board denied service connection for stress disorder, left shoulder condition, and gum disease. The claims for lumbosacral strain, right foot pain, left foot pain, and right shoulder condition were remanded for further development.

The Board denied an increased disability rating for the right wrist and dismissed claims for a higher rating for the right shoulder and service connection for a vision disorder.

The appeal for service connection for left and right shoulder disabilities and left and right knee disabilities was dismissed due to a procedural error in docketing the same claims under two different dockets.

The Board granted a 50 percent rating for adjustment disorder with anxiety and denied higher ratings for the left and right knee disabilities, as well as service connection for various other conditions.

The Board denied service connection for a right knee condition and granted service connection for insomnia as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected melanoma. The claim for a right shoulder condition was remanded for further development.

The Board is remanding the claim for service connection for a left shoulder disability to obtain a VA medical opinion on whether the Veteran's in-service injury aggravated his pre-existing left shoulder condition.

The Board denied an increased rating for PTSD, granted a TDIU from December 3, 2020, and denied service connection for various conditions.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for right shoulder strain to ensure complete service records are associated with the claims folder and to verify periods of ACDUTRA and INACDUTRA service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for tinnitus and right shoulder mild bursal surfaces of rotator cuff tendinosis due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claim for a left shoulder condition, to be evaluated by another VA examination due to an inadequate previous opinion.

The Board remands the claim for a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for the Veteran's service-connected right shoulder condition to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the ameliorative effects of medication and treatments on his condition.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable evaluation for right hand 5th finger sprain and a rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee degenerative joint disease, and remanded several service connection claims due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board dismissed all claims for service connection as moot, having already adjudicated them in a different docket.

The Board denied higher ratings for the Veteran's right shoulder disability, PTSD, and lumbar spine degenerative disc disease. The issues related to radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, right knee disability, and TDIU were remanded.