Shoulder decisions — 2025

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied it for bilateral hearing loss, while remanding the claim for a left shoulder disability.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, left knee disability, hypertension, left elbow disability, right shoulder disability, and left shoulder disability due to a failure of the AOJ to properly assist in obtaining Reserve and/or National Guard records.

The Board granted service connection for a neck condition but denied service connection for hypertension and a right shoulder condition.

The Board denied the claims for higher ratings and service connection, granted a 10 percent rating for a residual scar, and remanded several other claims for further development.

The Board granted service connection for left upper extremity radiculopathy, right upper extremity radiculopathy, a left shoulder disability, a right shoulder disability secondary to a service-connected left shoulder condition, and a left ankle disability.

The Board granted earlier effective dates of July 9, 2002, for service connection for a left ankle disability, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, and eczema.

The Board denied service connection for erectile dysfunction, a respiratory disorder (shortness of breath), and a right shoulder disorder as there was no evidence of current diagnoses or nexus to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right shoulder, lumbosacral strain, and bilateral knee disabilities as the evidence did not support a higher rating.

The Board remands the claim for a right shoulder disability to provide the Veteran with a VA examination and etiological opinion, as it finds that the McLendon criteria have been met.

The Board denied service connection for right shoulder strain, rhinitis, sinusitis, irritable bowel syndrome, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. However, it granted service connection for left knee strain as secondary to the service-connected right knee strain.

The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 20 percent for left shoulder impingement syndrome and rotator cuff tendonitis with degenerative arthritis status post left reverse total shoulder replacement and biceps tenodesis.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for the Veteran's status postnasal fracture with deviated nasal septum and remanded the issue of entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for right shoulder rotator cuff tear.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right shoulder, right knee, left knee, and right foot disabilities as well as a TDIU due to pre-decisional errors in the VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, heart disability, liver disability, right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, right ankle disability, left ankle disability, and bilateral pes planus. The appeal seeking service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a right knee disability, and a left knee disability was dismissed.

The Board granted an effective date of August 15, 2016, for the award of a 30 percent rating for left upper extremity radiculopathy and granted service connection for right upper extremity radiculopathy with an effective date of July 29, 2016. The appeal was denied for increased ratings in several conditions.

The Board denied service connection for a low back disability and a right shoulder disability as there is no evidence of an in-service injury, disease or event that caused the disabilities, nor any evidence linking them to service.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include an anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder, is rated at 70 percent from September 1, 2021, due to occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas.

The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, to include an anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder, is rated at 70 percent from September 1, 2021, but no more.

The Board denied increased ratings for several service-connected conditions and granted service connection for a few others, including tinea pedis, bilateral dry eye syndrome, right shoulder disability, cervical spine disability, left knee disability (secondary), right knee disability (secondary), and right ankle disability (secondary).

The Board granted service connection for cervical spine multilevel spondylosis with mild canal narrowing at C3-4 through C5-6, lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, right shoulder strain and tendinitis, left shoulder tendinitis and tendinosis, as well as secondary radiculopathies in the upper and lower extremities.