The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including obtaining medical opinions and records to determine if his left shoulder and elbow degenerative joint disease are related to service or a service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The claims involve determining whether the veteran's current diagnoses of degenerative joint disease in his left shoulder and elbow are related to service or a pre-existing condition that was aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the left shoulder, degenerative joint disease of the left elbow
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0612614
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple disabilities, including various musculoskeletal conditions and mental health disorders.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for initial evaluation in excess of 20 percent for degenerative joint disease of the left shoulder, service connection for left chronic cervical radiculopathy (secondary to service-connected degenerative joint disease of the left shoulder), and service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome, left upper extremity.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and has remanded his claim for a higher rating for degenerative joint disease of the left shoulder.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a right femur fracture and degenerative joint disease of the left shoulder are both denied as there is no current disability related to these conditions.
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