The Board has granted service connection for chronic headaches but denied service connection for a left shoulder disability and the initial evaluation of right shoulder impingement.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a link between current left shoulder disability or headache disorder and service, while there was sufficient evidence to support a finding that the veteran's current chronic headaches began in service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic left shoulder disability, chronic headache disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2008
- Citation
- 0818215
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
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: Denied
The Board has denied service connection for a neck disorder and a chronic headache disorder as these conditions are not shown to be causally or etiologically related to the appellant's military service.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a genitourinary disorder but remanded the claim for a chronic headache disorder.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for plantar fasciitis, a headache disorder, and a scar status post circumcision as there was no competent evidence to support the claims. The Board also denied a higher rating for the Veteran's back disability.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for a chronic cervical spine disability and a chronic left shoulder disability, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
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