Shoulder Board decisions

The Board has denied service connection for a lumbar spine disability and remanded the right shoulder disability claim.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for right shoulder disability and hypertension due to insufficient medical evidence regarding chronicity of the conditions during service.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for various hip, thigh, shoulder, and erectile dysfunction disabilities due to inadequate opinions regarding their etiology.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to new and updated VA treatment records, private examinations, lay statements, and articles being added to the claims file. The RO must consider this additional evidence in the first instance.

The Board has granted service connection for left shoulder strain, finding that the Veteran's symptoms began during service and have continued since then. The decision is based on direct service incurrence of the condition.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right shoulder tendinitis and right elbow disorder, both of which are secondary to his service-connected left ulnar neuropathy.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation consistent with his education and work history.

The Board has ordered a new medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's right shoulder disability is caused or aggravated by his service-connected left lower extremity condition. The case will be remanded for this purpose.

The Veteran's left shoulder disability is currently rated at 20 percent, and the Board has remanded the case for further development due to improvement in range of motion measurements.

The Board has remanded the claims due to an error in a previous VA medical opinion and needs additional clarification on whether the Veteran's claimed conditions are aggravated by his service-connected disabilities.

The Veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions have been remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and records.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's neck, low back, left shoulder, right shoulder, and right hip disabilities are not service-connected as they did not begin during active service or are otherwise unrelated to service.,The Veteran's TMJ disorder was also denied as it is not service-connected.

The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for left shoulder, right knee, and left knee disabilities as well as his TDIU claim due to insufficient examination reports and incomplete development.

The Board denied service connection for a left shoulder condition, finding the evidence did not support that it had its onset during or was related to active duty service. The Veteran's current condition is attributed to post-service injuries.

The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to evidence obtained after the previous remand. The Veteran's service connection claims are being reviewed again.

The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to inadequate VA examinations for his musculoskeletal disabilities and hearing loss. The claims are also inextricably intertwined with the issue of service connection for left ear hearing loss.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and his disabilities are not so exceptional that it renders application of the regular schedular ratings impractical. Therefore, entitlement to TDIU is denied.

The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings and service connection has been withdrawn. The Board is remanding the issues of service connection for shoulder, hip, and ankle disabilities due to lack of sufficient medical opinions.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection due to lack of prior formal or informal claims filed before December 17, 2015.

The Board denied increased ratings for right wrist scapholunate disassociation, spondylosis of the thoracolumbar spine junction with strain and degenerative arthritis, left shoulder strain, radiculopathy in the right lower extremity, and radiculopathy in the left lower extremity.