Shoulder decisions — 2025

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and increased ratings for various conditions, but granted a 20% rating for the thoracolumbar condition and a 50% rating for depressive disorder from October 30, 2009.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's right and left shoulder AC conditions, as well as his right and left shoulder glenohumeral conditions.

The Board granted service connection for a right heel strain, neck disability, lower back disability, left shoulder disability, and right foot disability based on their etiological relation to in-service injuries.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's back and right shoulder disabilities, but restored a 40 percent rating for left lower extremity (LLE) radiculopathy affecting the sciatic nerve effective February 5, 2024, and granted a TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for neuropathy of the bilateral feet but denied service connection for a left shoulder disability.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, prostatitis, kidney stones, and multiple other disabilities. The earlier effective date claim was also denied.

The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disorder, finding no evidence of an in-service injury or disease and no continuity of symptomatology.

The Board denied service connection for multiple disorders, including shoulder, spine, knee, and extremity conditions, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or related to the Veteran's military service.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating higher than 30 percent for his right shoulder disability, as the evidence did not support a more severe level of impairment.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for sinusitis and an initial compensable rating for headaches, while remanding the claims for service connection for right and left shoulder pain.

The claims for service connection for right shoulder impingement syndrome with rotator cuff tendonitis, right knee degenerative arthritis, left knee degenerative arthritis, and a right ankle strain are remanded to obtain direct service connection opinions.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for lumbar spine, left shoulder, and bilateral hip disorders to obtain addendum opinions that properly consider a direct theory of entitlement.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left shoulder disability and lumbar spine disability, to include as secondary to a service-connected disability, for further development of evidence.

The Board granted increased ratings for the Veteran's right and left shoulder rotator cuff disabilities, effective from March 25, 2008 and February 28, 2008 respectively. The thoracolumbar spine disability was also rated at 40 percent, but a temporary total disability rating for convalescence following a January 13, 2016 left shoulder surgery was denied.

The Board granted service connection for a right shoulder condition but denied it for a left shoulder condition.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left shoulder conditions to obtain an addendum opinion addressing their etiology in relation to the Veteran's active military service.

The Board granted service connection for bilateral tinnitus, low back pain, right knee strain, and left shoulder impingement syndrome. The claim for an increased rating for migraine headaches was denied as well as the initial disability rating for the acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board denied higher ratings for PTSD, left shoulder disability, and tinnitus but granted a separate 30% rating for right knee extension limitation from May 4, 2022 to April 23, 2024, and a TDIU effective March 13, 2020.

The Board remands the claim for a new VA examination to determine the current severity of the Veteran's fibromyositis of spinal muscles, including without considering the ameliorative effects of medication.

The Board granted service connection for chronic diarrhea and sinusitis, and granted an initial disability rating of 30 percent for right shoulder strain.