The VA is remanding the case to obtain a comprehensive VA orthopedic examination and determine if the veteran's bilateral shoulder condition had its onset during active service or is related to any inservice disease or injury.
The deciding factor: The examiner needs to provide an opinion on the date of onset and etiology of the veteran's bilateral shoulder disorder, including whether it is at least as likely as not that any current bilateral shoulder condition had its onset during active service or is related to any inservice disease or injury.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral shoulder condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2005
- Citation
- 0512717
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for migraines was reopened due to new evidence. Service connection is granted for painful scars, but the rating assigned remains at 10 percent. The claims for fibromyalgia and bilateral shoulder disability are denied.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran has withdrawn all pending appeals, including those related to service connection for various conditions and a rating for migraines and erectile dysfunction.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found new and relevant evidence to warrant readjudication of the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus, a bilateral shoulder condition, a bilateral leg condition, a neck condition, and a keloid condition. These claims are remanded for further adjudication by the AOJ.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for sinusitis is denied. The Veteran's claim for an initial 10 percent disability rating for service-connected allergic rhinitis is granted. The Veteran's claim for a bilateral shoulder condition remains pending and will be remanded.
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