Shoulder Board decisions

The claim for service connection for a right shoulder disorder was reopened, but the claims for service connection for a bilateral hip disorder and an increased rating for chronic low back strain were denied.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for dysentery and inflammatory arthritis of the neck, shoulders, elbows, and hands were denied as new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim for dysentery, and there is no medical evidence linking either condition to military service or a service-connected disability.

The Board denied service connection for injury to the thumb, index and ring fingers, tinnitus, a left shoulder condition, and a low back condition.

The appeal was remanded to the RO for further development and review of the case, including allowing the Veteran's authorized representative to address the Veteran's request for a Travel Board hearing.

The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disorder, a right lower extremity disorder, a back disorder, and a chest disorder as there is no evidence of chronic disability in these areas.

The Board determined that the Veteran's sudden cardiac death was not due to any disability incurred in service, manifested during the first post-service year, or related to service.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for initial compensable ratings and increased rating, as well as service connection for various conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right knee, left knee, and shoulder disabilities.

The Veteran's service-connected left shoulder, status post Putti-Platt procedure with degenerative arthritis was rated at 20 percent. The claim for a vision condition secondary to the service-connected left shoulder was denied.

The Board remands the case to schedule an appropriate examination to determine if additional disability was caused by VA surgeries and whether such disability was due to carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or a similar instance of fault on the part of the VA.

The veteran withdrew his appeal for an initial compensable rating for the right shoulder disability before a decision was made.

The Veteran's GERD with hiatal hernia was incurred in active military service, while his left shoulder bursitis and old healed clavicle fracture were not.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right and left shoulder strains, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating under the applicable criteria.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for a right shoulder disability as it was not attributable to service and osteoarthritis was not manifest in the initial post-service year.

The appeal was remanded to the RO for additional development, including a VA examination and readjudication of the claim.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for myositis, left scapula (claimed as a left shoulder disorder), including as due to an undiagnosed illness.

The claims for increased ratings must be remanded to obtain current treatment records and new VA examinations.

The Board denied the claim for service connection for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis of PTSD.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a right shoulder injury, a neck injury and numbness of the left side of the face as there was no evidence that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Veteran's appeal was withdrawn for all issues except TDIU, which has been granted effective April 7, 2005.