Shoulder decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for a right shoulder disability, skin condition (tinea pedis), and lumbar spine disability but denied it for a dental condition.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded certain claims for further development.

The Board denied service connection for sinusitis due to the lack of a current diagnosis during the appeal period. The claim for right shoulder condition was remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including PTSD and other psychiatric disorders, hypertension, and musculoskeletal issues, to ensure compliance with duty to assist requirements.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for a left shoulder strain with bicipital tendonitis, as the first complete claim for this benefit was received on April 5, 2023.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes and various musculoskeletal disorders, finding no evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's active service.

The Board remands the claims for further development and adjudication, including a VA examination to determine if any service-connected disability contributed substantially or materially to the Veteran's death.

The Board denied service connection for skin rash, hand/knuckles disability, shoulder strain, and pes planus. The claims for gastro issues, right knee strain, knee arthritis, back problems as secondary to knee, and ankle condition were remanded for further development.

The Board remands all claims for service connection for various conditions secondary to hemochromatosis due to the need for additional development.

The Board denied service connection for right and left shoulder disorders, cervical spine disorder, and a rating in excess of 40 percent for lumbosacral spine degenerative disc disease.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an initial rating in excess of 20 percent, prior to March 28, 2022, and in excess of 30 percent thereafter, for right shoulder impingement with rotator cuff and bicipital tendonitis along with glenohumeral and acromioclavicular osteoarthritis.

The Board granted an effective date of March 13, 2003, for the award of service connection for bilateral elbow and left shoulder disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for right and left wrist carpal tunnel syndrome, lumbosacral strain, cervical strain, bilateral knee strain and left knee osteoarthritis, bilateral hip trochanteric pain syndrome, bilateral elbow strain, bilateral foot degenerative arthritis, bilateral shoulder strain, and bilateral hand strain. OSA was denied.

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's left shoulder disability, but denied entitlement to TDIU.

The Board denied an initial rating greater than 40 percent for a service-connected left shoulder disability from October 24, 2008, to May 31, 2023.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for tension headaches, service connection for residuals of head injury, to include TBI, a right shoulder condition, and hemorrhoids.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and assigned a separate 10 percent rating from November 27, 2023, for the left shoulder painful scar. The claims for an increased rating for the left shoulder disability and service connection for bilateral hearing loss were denied.

The Board denied service connection for all the claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability in accordance with VA standards.

The Board granted service connection for left shoulder pain with soft-tissue injury, finding it directly related to an injury during a period of INACDUTRA.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an increased rating for dyspnea of unknown etiology and service connection for cardiac arrhythmia, dermatosis-left hand, cervicothoracic pain, radicular pain and paresthesia of upper extremities, and obstructive sleep apnea.