The Board has determined that a VA examination is needed to determine the etiology of the Veteran's right shoulder disability, as it relates to his military service.
The deciding factor: A medical opinion is required to establish whether any currently diagnosed right shoulder disability is related to the Veteran's military service, including treatment for a right shoulder injury and tendonitis in service.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder tendonitis, chronic rotator cuff tear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2010
- Citation
- 1002716
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for reversal or revision of August 2011 and February 2012 rating decisions on the basis of CUE.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for service connection for various disabilities, as well as increased ratings for certain service-connected conditions.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal for service connection for hearing loss, high blood pressure, right shoulder tendonitis, tinnitus, and left knee strain was dismissed due to untimely filing.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a new retrospective opinion to provide an estimate of the Veteran's right shoulder flare-up measurements at the time of his May 2014 examination.
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