The Board has remanded the case for further development due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran.
The deciding factor: New evidence suggests a material change in the disability and requires a reexamination to determine current level of left shoulder impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- separation of the left shoulder with arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2009
- Citation
- 0937224
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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 has determined that the Veteran's left shoulder disability with arthritis warrants a rating of 30 percent, effective from July 2009. Prior to this date, the disability was rated at 20 percent.
- Remanded (sent back)
The case is being remanded for additional development due to the veteran's recent left shoulder surgery. The claim will be re-adjudicated after the requested development has been completed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claim for a higher rating for his left shoulder disability is being remanded due to the need for additional medical examination and consideration of the case under 38 C.F.R. § 3.321(b).
- 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.
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