Shoulder decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a cervical spine disability, left foot pes planus, left shoulder disability, left knee disability, and an acquired psychiatric disorder to obtain additional medical evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection of various conditions to correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the October 2021 rating decision and the July 2022 HLR rating decision on appeal.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for tinnitus, and remanded issues related to a right shoulder labral tear and right knee tendonitis.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and scheduling appropriate examinations to assess the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected conditions.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for right shoulder impingement with rotator cuff tear and total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) for additional evidentiary development.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for a lumbar spine disability with radiculopathy, left shoulder condition, residuals of a head injury, hypertension, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to insufficient medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a respiratory disability, chest pain disability, and right shoulder disability due to insufficient medical evidence.

The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection of a torn deltoid muscle of the left arm and denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) for the period prior to June 16, 2008.

The appeal for service connection for a right shoulder disability was dismissed as there had been no rating decision issued at the time of the Notice of Disagreement.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for higher initial ratings for right and left shoulder disabilities to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and a right shin scar, dismissed the claim for a right foot condition, denied the claim for a right shoulder condition, and remanded claims for back, bilateral hearing loss, stomach problems, sleep apnea, right leg pain, and left knee conditions.

The Board denied service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, left hip disability, left shoulder disability, back disability, cervical spine disability, right carpal tunnel syndrome, left carpal tunnel syndrome, and tinnitus as the evidence did not support a current diagnosis of these conditions or their relation to active-duty service.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for bilateral arm pain, bilateral shoulder strains, cervical strain, and bilateral pes planus.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for right and left shoulder disabilities, including osteoarthritis, for further development.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of March 19, 2014, for the award of service connection for right shoulder strain with tendonitis under the provisions of Section 506 of Public Law 112-154.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for left hip condition, right shoulder condition, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board granted a 10 percent rating for right knee degenerative arthritis and a 20 percent rating for right knee patellar instability, effective from April 25, 2023, while denying service connection for hypertension and increased ratings for other conditions.

The Veteran was granted an effective date of May 21, 2020, for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the restoration of a 30 percent evaluation for a post-operative bilateral inguinal hernia and granted a 10 percent rating for migraine headaches, while denying increased ratings for other conditions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for GERD with hiatal hernia and hypertension, as new and relevant evidence has been received. The claims for allergic rhinitis, sinus condition, ankle gout, recurrent left shoulder dislocation, and right knee disability are denied as no new and relevant evidence was submitted.