Shoulder Board decisions

The Board granted service connection for a low back disability and a left shoulder disability, as these conditions are directly related to the Veteran's active duty service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left shoulder disability and a left arm disability, to include as secondary to the left shoulder disability, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error and the need for an adequate VA medical opinion.

The appeal concerning the issues of entitlement to service connection for a right knee disability, a right shoulder disability, a low back disability, erectile dysfunction, inguinal hernia, and sleep disturbances is dismissed.

The Board granted service connection for right lower extremity (RLE) radiculopathy, secondary to the service-connected back condition and remanded other claims for further development.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various strains and sprains due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Veteran was granted increased disability ratings for adjustment disorder with anxiety, depression, and insomnia from August 11, 2020 to July 28, 2021, and service connection for tinnitus, headaches, and bilateral shoulder tendinosis. Erectile dysfunction was denied.

The Board denied an increased rating for lumbar degenerative disc disease and left shoulder impingement syndrome, granted a 20 percent rating for right lower extremity radiculopathy with involvement of the sciatic nerve, and denied a compensable rating for left shoulder arthroscopic repair scars.

The Board denied service connection for a left wrist condition, left shoulder condition, and fibromyalgia. The claims for thoracolumbar spine condition, acquired psychiatric condition, right wrist condition, right shoulder condition, and left ankle condition were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of a traumatic brain injury, a rating in excess of 20 percent for a left shoulder disability, and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities for further evidentiary development.

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

The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and headaches, as there was no evidence of a current disability. The claims for left foot condition, depression, and right shoulder condition were remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for left knee, right knee, right ankle, left ankle, lumbar spine, and cervical spine disabilities but denied service connection for a right shoulder disability. The Board also remanded the claims for tension headaches, kidney condition, and acquired psychiatric disorder.

The Board finds that the Veteran requires personal care services for a minimum of six continuous months based on a need for supervision, protection, or instruction.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, granting TDIU effective May 20, 2022.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right shoulder disability, as the evidence did not support that it began during active service or was related to an in-service injury.

The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disability and remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, a right hip disability, and a right shoulder disability for further development.

The Board granted service connection for a left shoulder disability, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.

The Board remands the claims for a new addendum opinion to consider the ameliorative effects of medication on the Veteran's right knee and left shoulder disabilities.

The Board granted service connection for right hip strain, left hip strain, left elbow degenerative arthritis with strain, right elbow disability, right knee strain and shin splints, left knee strain and shin splints, right shoulder strain with rotator cuff tendonitis, left shoulder strain with rotator cuff tendonitis, and sleep disability. The Board denied service connection for bronchitis, hair loss disease/disability, diabetes mellitus type 2, and hypertension.

The Board granted service connection for hypertension based on the Veteran's verified service in the Republic of Vietnam and the PACT Act. The other claims were remanded due to inadequate VA examinations.