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
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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.
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