The Veteran's appeal involves multiple issues related to his service-connected conditions, including shoulder and cervical spine disorders. The Board has determined that additional evidence is needed from the VA medical records and SSA determinations for a complete evaluation of these claims.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is required to properly evaluate the Veteran's current disability status and determine appropriate ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder impingement with degenerative changes, left shoulder impingement with degenerative changes, cervical spine degenerative osteophytes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2009
- Citation
- 0918703
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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