The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to determine the etiology of his right and left shoulder disabilities.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the relationship between the Veteran's current shoulder conditions and military service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic right shoulder pain, status post shoulder replacement, chronic left shoulder pain with rotator cuff pathology
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 13, 2015
- Citation
- 1515735
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded the claims for an ear disability, headaches, chronic back pain, and chronic right shoulder pain for further development.
- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate VA opinions and a need for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss and chronic right shoulder pain due to new evidence being added to the file. The Veteran's service connection claim for right shoulder pain is also remanded as there are insufficient opinions in the record regarding its relationship to sleep apnea.
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