The Board has granted service connection for a right eye disability, but the issue of service connection for a right shoulder condition is remanded due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner needs to determine if the Veteran's current right shoulder injury is causally related to his active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- Dry Eye Syndrome, Right Shoulder Injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2018
- Citation
- 18134874
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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 granted an earlier effective date of December 12, 2017 for the award of service connection for dry eye syndrome. The issue of entitlement to an initial compensable rating for dry eye syndrome is remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for a right hip injury and a right shoulder injury due to new and relevant evidence. The issues are now remanded for further review.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran is found to be eligible for enrollment in the PCAFC program due to his severe and complex medical conditions, which require personal care services.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's request to revise a June 1971 rating decision that assigned an initial noncompensable disability rating for his right shoulder injury due to lack of clear and unmistakable error (CUE). The RO correctly applied the applicable regulations at the time.
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