Shoulder Board decisions

The Veteran's service connection claims for various hip, wrist, back, neck, and extremity disabilities are denied as the evidence does not support a link between these conditions and his military service.,The Veteran's service connection claims for right wrist and left wrist disabilities are also denied due to lack of in-service injury or incident.

The Veteran's claim for service connection of a left leg disability has been denied. The claims for bilateral elbow and shoulder disabilities, as well as costochondritis, have been remanded for further development.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection have been withdrawn. The claim for left knee disability has been reopened due to new and material evidence, but the issues of rating and secondary service connection remain pending.

The Board has remanded several claims for further development, including service connection for various musculoskeletal and psychiatric conditions. The issues include PTSD, restless leg syndrome, right shoulder disorder, right ankle disorder, right foot disorders, left hip disorder, and right hip disorder.

The Board has remanded the case for further examination and consideration of the Veteran's left shoulder disability, including compliance with VA examination requirements. The TDIU issue is no longer part of this appeal.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination. The issues include psychiatric disorders, hypertension, and a right shoulder condition.

The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder condition, finding that the Veteran's current condition is not related to his military service.

The Veteran's application to reopen his claim for service connection of a cervical spine disability has been granted. Service connection is also granted for tinnitus. The Board has found the evidence insufficient to determine whether the Veteran's current cervical spine and bilateral hearing loss disabilities are related to service, or if they are caused by or aggravated by his service-connected left shoulder disability. Therefore, these claims have been remanded for further development.

The Board has denied service connection for a chronic pain disorder, right shoulder disability, and left shoulder disability. The case is remanded due to the need for additional development regarding these issues.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's right shoulder disability and its relationship to service, as well as secondary service connection for his knee condition.

The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to increased ratings for left shoulder lesions and tears with bursitis, right shoulder bursitis (except for periods when a temporary total rating is in effect), left wrist strain, and right wrist strain due to inadequate examinations conducted during the most recent remand.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to exposure to herbicide agents and as secondary to service-connected disabilities, including his right foot disability. Additional development is needed to determine if the Veteran's upper extremity neuropathy, shoulder disorders, and wrist disorders are related to his in-service exposure or service-connected conditions.

The Veteran's left shoulder sprain with tendonitis and degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine have been evaluated, but no increased ratings are granted.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for right shoulder, left shoulder, and low back disabilities due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board found that VA waived any objection to the timeliness of the filing of the Veteran's substantive appeal, and thus granted the appeal for all issues listed in the August 2016 rating decision.

The Board denied service connection for a right shoulder disorder and a neck disorder, finding that the Veteran did not have these conditions during or within one year after his military service. The evidence does not support a link between any current disorders and his military service.,There is no medical opinion linking either condition to service.

The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for traumatic arthritis of his right shoulder and left knee are being remanded due to the need for a VA medical examination to assess the current severity of these conditions.

The petition to reopen the previously denied claim for service connection for an eye disability, including bilateral myopia, is denied. The Board has also remanded the issues of service connection for left knee and shoulder disorders, as well as a temporary total disability rating.

The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right shoulder tendinitis and left shoulder tendinitis and arthritis, finding that there is no evidence of a nexus to service. The claim for sleep disorder was remanded due to potential secondary service connection.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his right shoulder disability is remanded due to inadequate VA examination findings. The Board finds that the VA examinations did not comply with Correia v. McDonald (2016) and require pain on both active and passive motion, in weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing.