The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling VA examinations to assess the veteran's right shoulder disabilities and his current headache disability. The appeal is being returned to the RO for further action.
The deciding factor: The appeal requires additional evidence and examination as requested by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent dislocation of right shoulder, degenerative changes of the right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0612488
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 684 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed all issues related to the Veteran's claims for increased disability ratings as they were not properly appealed and the Veteran withdrew his appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for further development due to procedural issues and need for additional medical examination.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support higher ratings for tinnitus, back disability, bilateral pes planus, allergic rhinitis, migraines, right knee patellofemoral syndrome, left knee patellofemoral syndrome, and degenerative changes of the right shoulder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's complete service treatment records are incomplete and needs to be obtained. The claims for service connection will be remanded until VA can obtain these records.
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