Shoulder decisions — 2025

The Board finds that the Veteran requires personal care services for a minimum of six continuous months based on a need for supervision, protection, or instruction.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, granting TDIU effective May 20, 2022.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right shoulder disability, as the evidence did not support that it began during active service or was related to an in-service injury.

The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disability and remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, a right hip disability, and a right shoulder disability for further development.

The Board granted service connection for a left shoulder disability, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board remands the claims for a new addendum opinion to consider the ameliorative effects of medication on the Veteran's right knee and left shoulder disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for right hip strain, left hip strain, left elbow degenerative arthritis with strain, right elbow disability, right knee strain and shin splints, left knee strain and shin splints, right shoulder strain with rotator cuff tendonitis, left shoulder strain with rotator cuff tendonitis, and sleep disability. The Board denied service connection for bronchitis, hair loss disease/disability, diabetes mellitus type 2, and hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension based on the Veteran's verified service in the Republic of Vietnam and the PACT Act. The other claims were remanded due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board granted a disability rating of 50 percent for migraines, the maximum rating available, due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks productive of severe economic inadaptability.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, but remanded the claims for psychiatric disorder, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), right shoulder disorder, lumbosacral spine disorder, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right knee strain for further development.

The Board granted service connection for right shoulder transient neuralgia, finding it at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have prevented him from securing or following substantially gainful employment, and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is granted effective April 16, 2019.

The Board denied an increased rating for left foot metatarsal residuals and remanded the claims for service connection for various shoulder, wrist, lumbosacral strain, knee disorders due to insufficient evidence.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied it for chronic female issues, while remanding the claims for right hand basal cell carcinoma, jaw basal cell carcinoma, and lymphomas.

The Board granted service connection for PTSD and denied a higher rating for tinnitus. The claims for service connection for various musculoskeletal disabilities were remanded.

The Board granted service connection for a right shoulder disability and remanded claims for service connection for a lumbar spine disability, irritable bowel syndrome, and sleep apnea due to the need for further evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition, left shoulder supraspinatus tendinopathy and acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis, tinea unguium, and obstructive sleep apnea due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board remands several claims, including service connection for various conditions and effective dates for ratings and benefits, due to the need for additional evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, a psychiatric disability, and a right shoulder disability due to incomplete evidence.

The appeal for a higher disability rating was denied, but TDIU based on the single service-connected disability of depression; adjustment disorder; with alcohol induced mood disorder; neurosis; and unspecified anxiety disorder was granted.