Shoulder Board decisions

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, hysterectomy and residual symptoms, bilateral elbow disorders, bilateral shoulder disorders, and bilateral knee disorders due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral shoulder and knee disabilities to obtain additional medical opinions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for bilateral knee, bilateral shoulder, and low back disabilities.

The Board denied the claim for special monthly compensation (SMC) based on loss of use of the bilateral lower extremities, as there was no evidence that a service-connected disability caused or contributed to the Veteran's double amputation.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left shoulder disabilities due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, including the need for VA examination.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as mood depressive disorder, due to the evidence being at least evenly balanced. The claims for left knee strain with medial collateral ligament sprain, right knee strain with medial collateral ligament sprain, right shoulder disability, and right hip disability were remanded.

The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and granted service connection for headaches. Several claims were remanded for further development.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a compensable rating for foot stress fractures, service connection for various arthritic conditions, and TDIU due to a duty to assist error.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral flatfeet, back disorder, neck disorder, left elbow disorder, right elbow disorder, left knee disorder, right knee disorder, left shoulder disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.

The Board granted service connection for left shoulder degenerative arthritis with glenohumeral joint dislocation, right shoulder degenerative arthritis and right shoulder joint replacement, and bilateral knee degenerative arthritis.

The Board granted a 70 percent rating for PTSD, denied service connection for diabetes mellitus and hypertension, and granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the spine, headaches/migraines, and left shoulder condition.

The Board granted service connection for a gastrointestinal disability as secondary to medication used to treat the Veteran's service-connected left ankle disability, but denied higher ratings for the left ankle and right shoulder disabilities, and denied a higher rating for tinnitus.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of March 4, 2014 for the award of service connection for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy but denied a higher rating for left shoulder impingement.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render her unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and TDIU is granted.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including a left shoulder disability, right little finger disability, low back disability, left hip disability, foot disability, cold injury residuals to ears, nose, face, and hands, and acid reflux, due to inadequate medical opinions.

The Board remands the issues of service connection for multiple disabilities, including knee and back conditions, to obtain additional evidence.

The Board remands the claims for increased disability ratings and special monthly compensation based on housebound status due to incomplete development of the record.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for right shoulder, right knee, and right ankle disabilities due to a failure to ensure substantial compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claim for a bilateral shoulder disability due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.

The Board denied service connection for allergies, an acquired psychiatric disability (anxiety and depression), and a left shoulder disability due to insufficient evidence linking the claimed conditions to active service.