The Board has decided that additional development is needed before the claims for reopening a claim for service connection for left shoulder peritendinitis and for service connection for a left shoulder disability, to include as secondary to service-connected left pectoralis scar can be adjudicated.
The deciding factor: The decision notes that the Veteran's application to reopen his claim for service connection for left shoulder peritendinitis requires notification of what evidence is necessary to substantiate the element or elements required to establish service connection. Additionally, a medical opinion clarifying whether any current left shoulder disability is due to or aggravated by his service-connected left pectoralis scar is needed.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder peritendinitis, left shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2009
- Citation
- 0931071
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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
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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