The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain additional medical records and conduct a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected left shoulder disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran needs further evaluation and treatment records to determine the current state of his service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a left shoulder dislocation, post-operative left shoulder dislocation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2017
- Citation
- 1723043
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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.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal seeking a rating in excess of 20 percent for post-operative left shoulder dislocation, and the Board has no further jurisdiction over this matter.
- Denied
The veteran's combined schedular rating for his service-connected disabilities is 50 percent, which does not meet the criteria for a TDIU as it falls short of the minimum requirement of 70%.
- Granted
The Board finds that the residuals of a left shoulder dislocation originated in service and has persisted since then, granting service connection.
- Denied
The veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of residuals of a left shoulder injury was denied by the Board. The decision is based on the laws and regulations regarding effective dates, which do not allow for an earlier effective date than June 27, 1997.
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