The Board vacated the May 2017 decision and remanded the case for further action due to a lack of due process.
The deciding factor: Due process was denied as neither the Privacy Act request nor additional time for submission of evidence were addressed by VA prior to the issuance of the May 2017 decision.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder injury, degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 7, 2017
- Citation
- 1737683
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