The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 30 percent for residuals of right shoulder and arm injury is dismissed. The Board also remanded the issue of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of service connection for a back disability, as well as the issue of entitlement to a TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the rating for right shoulder and arm injury prior to the Board's decision. The issues related to reopening the back disability claim and TDIU are inextricably intertwined and require additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records from various facilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Right shoulder and arm injury, Back disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2018
- Citation
- 18119132
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for a back disability due to incomplete service records and failure to consider all available evidence, including in-service treatment records from F.E. Warren Air Force Base.
- Granted
The Veteran's rating for residuals status post lumbar fusion was reduced from 40 percent to 20 percent effective October 25, 2023. The reduction was granted as there was no evidence of actual improvement in the Veteran's condition prior to this date.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a back disability is being remanded due to duty-to-assist errors and the need for a VA examination.
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