The Board has remanded the case for a new VA examination and additional development due to an inadequate November 2010 VA examination, which did not address the Veteran's lay reports of right shoulder symptoms in service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner relied on the lack of documented right shoulder problems from service until 2010 and did not address the Veteran's lay reports of continual right shoulder symptoms in service and after discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Dislocation, Right Shoulder Instability, Right Shoulder Impingement, Partial Thickness Tear of Right Shoulder Rotator Cuff
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2016
- Citation
- 1610191
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left shoulder disorders due to in-service participation on a boxing team. The VA will need to obtain additional medical records, including private physical therapy records, and schedule an examination to determine if these conditions are related to service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right shoulder disability, which is not service-connected, has been granted a 30 percent rating. The condition is characterized by pain and limited motion to 45 degrees of flexion and abduction.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for additional ratings under different diagnostic codes and separate rating for nonunion with loose movement or analogous to loose movement, finding no clear and unmistakable error in the March 1998 rating decision.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate examination and lack of treatment records, requiring further evaluation.
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