The Veteran seeks service connection for TB converter tine test with positive PPD and primary complex, as well as residuals of injury to the left shoulder. The case is being remanded due to the need to obtain additional medical records.
The deciding factor: Additional medical records are needed to properly assess the etiology of the Veteran's claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- TB converter tine test with positive PPD and primary complex, residuals of injury to the left shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2014
- Citation
- 1409997
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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: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including degenerative spondylosis of L5 and rheumatoid arthritis (presumed due to hepatitis C), rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to August 25, 2012. His TDIU claim is granted on an extraschedular basis from May 4, 2009.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for residuals of injury to the left shoulder and scoliosis of the thoracic spine, but further development is needed as the decision on the merits cannot be made at this time.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions are not service-connected, as there is no evidence of chronic lumbar or cervical spine pathology during service or within one year post-service.
- Whole decision: 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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