Shoulder Board decisions

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient examination addressing the Veteran's contentions and private opinions.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and determining if the Veteran receives worker's compensation benefits. The TDIU portion of his claim will also be addressed.

The Board is remanding the case due to issues with representation and outstanding VA treatment records need to be obtained.

The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and denied service connection for right shoulder disability and neck disability. The Veteran's current hearing loss is presumed to have developed due to noise exposure during service, while the evidence does not support a finding of in-service injury or aggravation for his right shoulder and neck disabilities.

The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn, and the case is dismissed.

The Veteran's right shoulder strain and low back strain are not considered to be related to her service, including as due to an undiagnosed illness from her Gulf War service.

The Veteran's cervical paraspinous and trapezious muscle myofascial pain is granted compensation under 1151, but his left shoulder acromioclavicular arthritis, left knee degenerative arthritis, and left testicle and leg disability (ilioinguinal nerve neuritis) are not related to the horseshoeing accident.

The Board finds that the Veteran's current right shoulder disorder is not related to his period of service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.

The Veteran's appeal was denied in part, including his request to reopen a claim for service connection for traumatic cataract of the right eye. The remaining issues were also denied.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to determine if the Veteran's cause of death was related to his military service or any service-connected disabilities, including his use of Vioxx and other COX-2 drugs.

The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of the veteran's claimed shoulder, elbow, back, and seizure disorders.

The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left shoulder and cervical spine disorders, finding that these conditions are related to his military service.

The Board found that the Veteran does not have a low back or left shoulder disability attributable to service, and thus denied these claims.

The Board denied service connection for a left knee disability, degenerative changes of the left shoulder, and a low back disability. Service connection was not granted for peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity as it is not considered secondary to a service-connected condition.

The Board has determined that further action is needed to obtain Social Security Administration (SSA) records and will remand the case for this purpose.

The Board found that the Veteran's progressive arthritis of multiple joints did not have its onset during service and is not related to his service-connected cervical spine arthritis. The condition was determined to be a direct result of natural progression over time.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, right shoulder disability, and hearing loss, render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.

The Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence is against a grant of service connection for frostbite of the feet and bilateral shoulder disorder, as there are no chronic or progressive symptoms documented in the claims file. The April 2012 VA examination report did not provide an opinion on whether these conditions were related to active service.

The Board denied service connection for residuals of right shoulder, neck, and back injuries as they are not linked to service or a service-connected disability.

The Veteran's right shoulder disorder, heart condition, and/or hypertension were not service-connected.,Bilateral hearing loss was also denied.