The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for further development, including obtaining a VA examination to determine if his current shoulder, upper back and neck disorders are related to his service-connected left winged scapula.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims require additional evidence due to incomplete medical records and an inadequate previous VA examination that did not address all of the claimed conditions or their relationship to his service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- right winged scapula, left latissimus/trapezius strain with numbness and tingling, neck disorder, with pain, numbness and tingling of the spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2011
- Citation
- 1130412
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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: Partly granted
The Veteran's tinnitus was granted service connection. The Board also found that the issues of left latissimus/trapezius strain, neck pain with numbness and tingling (both claimed as upper back pain associated with service-connected paralysis of the long thoracic nerve with left winged scapula), and right winged scapula were mixed - some issues granted while others denied.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's major depressive disorder is found to be caused by his service-connected low back and radiculopathy disabilities, which prevent him from doing enjoyable activities and daily living tasks.
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