Shoulder decisions — 2025

The Veteran's right wrist traumatic arthritis is granted a disability rating of 50 percent, while his service connection claim for the right shoulder disability is denied.

The Board denied service connection for a chronic left shoulder condition as there is no evidence of a current disability and no evidence linking the claimed disability to active service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right shoulder disability, left knee disability, and sinusitis due to inadequate VA examinations.

The Board remands the claims for a right shoulder disorder and headaches to afford the Veteran VA examinations.

The appeal for an increased rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and service connection for metatarsalgia (foot pain) (Morton's disease) (plantar fasciitis (also claimed as foot problems) was dismissed. The remaining claims were remanded for further development.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection for right shoulder degenerative joint disease, as there was no new and material evidence received prior to June 13, 2023.

The appeals for service connection of various conditions, including anemia and multiple musculoskeletal and neurological issues, were dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his claims.

The Board granted an initial 60 percent rating for psoriasis, a 20 percent rating for left shoulder psoriatic arthritis, and other ratings ranging from 10 to 40 percent for various psoriatic arthritic conditions of the hands and knees. The claims for service connection for multiple disabilities were remanded.

The Board found that the reduction of ratings for intervertebral disc syndrome and right shoulder disability from 20% to 10% and 30% to 20%, respectively, was improper; therefore, these ratings were restored. The increased rating claims for IVDS and a right shoulder disability, as well as the TDIU claim, are remanded.

The Board remands the claims for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for a right shoulder disorder, service connection for a left shoulder disorder and bilateral hearing loss due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for cervical strain, right shoulder strain, left shoulder strain, right elbow strain, left elbow strain, and left knee strain based on the Veteran's credible lay statements of continuous symptoms since service.

The Board denied service connection for a recurrent sinus disability to include sinusitis and remanded several other claims related to respiratory, prostate, sleep, colon, esophageal, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, shoulder, foot, and plantar fasciitis disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, but denied or remanded claims for other disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for a left ankle disability and denied increased ratings for subacromial bursitis, tendonitis of the right shoulder and reactive airway disease with exertional asthma.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a cervical spine disability and left shoulder disability for readjudication in light of new evidence submitted by the Veteran.

The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disorder as there is no evidence of a current disability related to service.

The Board denied service connection for right shoulder rotator cuff repair and left shoulder strain, finding that the evidence does not support a link between these conditions and the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board remands the appeal for new VA examinations to determine whether any bilateral shoulder disabilities, bilateral wrist disabilities, a cervical spine disability, and/or a thoracolumbar spine disability had their onset during, or are otherwise related to, the Veteran's military service.

The Veteran withdrew his appeal for all issues, and the Board dismissed the case.

The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for degenerative arthritis of the right and left shoulders, and right knee degenerative arthritis. The appeals for increased ratings for radiculopathy were denied.