Shoulder decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for chronic lumbosacral strain and denied service connection for left knee, right knee, left shoulder, right shoulder, and right ear hearing loss conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right shoulder disabilities due to insufficient evidence to make a decision.

The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disability and remanded the issue of service connection for skin cancer, to include melanoma.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities due to a lack of proper notification and scheduling of VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for a left shoulder condition as secondary to the Veteran's already service-connected right shoulder impingement syndrome.

The Board denied service connection for a neck disorder, shoulder disorder, and bilateral ankle disorder as they were not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident from active service.

The appeal for service connection for PTSD was dismissed due to a timely Notice of Disagreement not being filed within one year of the September 2022 rating decision. The claims for left shoulder, right wrist, and left wrist disabilities are remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right shoulder disabilities to correct pre-decisional errors, specifically the failure to provide adequate VA examinations.

The Board denied service connection for a right ankle disorder, hypertension, right elbow pain, back pain, and left shoulder strain. The effective date for an increased disability rating of 100 percent for PTSD was also denied.

The Board remands the claim for a left shoulder disorder to obtain a proper medical opinion and additional evidence.

The Board denied service connection for leishmaniasis and COPD, while remanding claims for sleep apnea, bilateral elbow disability, left shoulder disability, and chronic headaches.

The Board denied an effective date prior to June 11, 2021, for the award of a 20 percent rating for painful right shoulder acromioplasty scar residuals.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for neck, left shoulder, and right shoulder conditions to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for low testosterone, an initial rating more than 20 percent for painful left shoulder scars, and service connection for left calf tear, neck disability, middle back disability, and right quadricep tear.

The Board granted service connection for residual scarring left shoulder, denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and anxiety and depression, and remanded the claims for lumbosacral strain, right knee strain, contact dermatitis, and unspecified abdominal pain.

The Board granted service connection for left arm bicep tendonitis, left foot pes planus, left foot hallux valgus, left shoulder arthritis, and left index finger arthritis based on the evidence showing that these conditions resulted from injuries suffered during service.

The Board remands the claims for a left knee and right shoulder condition as further development is needed to address pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The appeal of the proposed reduction from 50 percent to 10 percent for service-connected PTSD with MDD and TBI, as well as the appeal of the proposed discontinuance of Dependents' Educational Assistance under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35, are dismissed.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood and right shoulder labral tear, including superior labral anterior-posterior lesion.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings due to a timely Notice of Disagreement being filed after the one-year period.