Shoulder Board decisions

The Board denied increased ratings for the veteran's knee, shoulder, tinnitus, and headache conditions, but granted a 10% rating for gastroesophageal reflux with hiatal hernia.

The Board denied entitlement to service connection for disorders of the neck, legs, shoulders, and arms as secondary to a service-connected low back disability.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected conditions, finding that the current ratings were appropriate based on the evidence of record.

The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for a right shoulder condition, low back condition, and right leg condition to the RO/AMC for further development.

The veteran does not have additional left shoulder disability which is due to VA treatment in which the proximate cause was carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of VA in furnishing the surgery; or due to an event not reasonably foreseeable.

The Board remands the claims for further development, including a VA examination for the right shoulder and an opinion on the etiology of diabetes.

The Board denied service connection for numbness of the bilateral upper extremities, as there was no competent medical evidence of a disorder manifested by numbness of the bilateral upper extremities.

The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disability, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD. The veteran was also denied an earlier effective date for the grant of a 10 percent rating for residuals of a fracture of the left distal radius and higher ratings for both the fracture and venereal herpes.

The Board denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for the service-connected right shoulder disability.

The Board denied service connection for the veteran's claimed conditions, including neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, left hip disorder, peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities, rashes in the groin area, and a heart attack, as none were found to be related to his period of active service or secondary to herbicide exposure.

The veteran's left knee disability was rated at 10 percent, and his left shoulder disability was rated at 20 percent.

The veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for degenerative joint disease, left shoulder with supraspinous tendonitis was denied. The effective date for the grant of service connection for this condition was January 13, 2005.

The Board grants service connection for a depressive disorder, claimed as secondary to the veteran's service-connected left knee disability.

The veteran's claim for basic eligibility for Dependents' Education Assistance under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 35 was granted, while claims for service connection for a right shoulder disability and sinus disability were denied.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings for PTSD and left shoulder disability are being remanded for additional VA examinations.

The Board granted service connection for a bilateral knee disorder and found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for a left shoulder disorder, but denied service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome.

The veteran's claims for service connection for right and left shoulder disabilities were granted, while the claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for hemorrhoids, and for service connection for right and left knee disabilities were denied.

The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disorder as there was no evidence of the condition during service or that it is related to any event or incident of the veteran's service.

The Board concluded that the evidence supports a finding of service connection for a bilateral shoulder disorder, which was diagnosed as degenerative joint disease.

The Board denied service connection for a lumbosacral spine disorder and bilateral leg cramps, but granted service connection for right shoulder and right knee disorders.