Shoulder decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including arthritis of the right shoulder, back disability, left leg amputation, type II diabetes mellitus, and rotary nystagmus. The Veteran's claims were not supported by credible evidence.

The Veteran requested the withdrawal of all issues currently on appeal, and the Board dismissed the appeals.

The Board denied service connection for left shoulder, left wrist, right wrist, left thumb, and right thumb disorders due to the lack of evidence showing current disabilities. The appeal for a right eye vision disorder was dismissed as untimely.

The appeal for service connection for headaches, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, right knee, left knee, and right shoulder was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the Board Appeal request.

The Board grants service connection for left shoulder strain, finding it to be etiologically related to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal as a matter of law because the August 2024 rating decision merely implemented an earlier Board decision granting service connection for left and right shoulder conditions, which is not appealable.

The Board granted service connection for right shoulder impingement syndrome as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.

The Board remands all service connection claims for further development, including obtaining personnel records and a retirement credit summary to determine the Veteran's eligible active service periods.

The Board granted service connection for right shoulder strain and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and assigned initial disability ratings for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied service connection for lumbar spine, cervical spine, bilateral hearing loss, and left shoulder disabilities. The claims for erectile dysfunction and a respiratory disability were remanded.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection of a right lower extremity nerve condition and tinnitus, granted readjudication of the claim for an acquired psychiatric disability (PTSD), denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability, and denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for a right knee disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral shoulder and knee disorders to afford the Veteran appropriate examinations.

The Board granted service connection for multiple disabilities, including various musculoskeletal conditions and mental health disorders.

The appeal was dismissed due to an improper concurrent election of review options.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions to correct a predecisional duty to assist error in verifying all periods of ACDUTRA and INACDUTRA during the Veteran's Reserve service.

The Board granted service connection for shoulder strain, left and limitation of motion of the ankle (tendonitis (tendinitis) in ankle, left).

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right shoulder strain, right knee strain, lumbosacral strain, and right lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to lumbosacral strain to obtain adequate nexus opinions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to an error in verifying the Veteran's active service and obtaining his complete service personnel records and treatment records.

The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, PTSD, a right shoulder disorder, and a back disorder.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed right shoulder, lumbar spine, right hip, left hip, and right foot disabilities as there was no evidence of an in-service injury or disease, and the current conditions were not shown to be related to service.