The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further examination and development of her service-connected right shoulder and right ankle disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has not been provided with a VA examination in over seven years, which may result in an inaccurate assessment of the current severity of her disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Tendinitis, Right Ankle Tendinopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2017
- Citation
- 1701781
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's right shoulder disability is rated at 30 percent, which reflects the severity of his symptoms including limited motion and pain.
- Granted
The Veteran's right ankle tendinopathy with degenerative joint disease is now rated at 20 percent effective from September 19, 2017. The initial rating for her right shoulder tendonitis remains at 20 percent.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected right shoulder tendonitis and whether he has any neurological manifestations. The case will be readjudicated after this development.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected right shoulder tendonitis warrants a 30 percent rating, effective from September 1992.
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