The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for a back disability and increased rating for right shoulder impingement syndrome due to new evidence or development. The Veteran's right shoulder condition is currently rated at 20%.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not provide sufficient information on the current level of disability, particularly regarding functional loss during flare-ups.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2018
- Citation
- 18141123
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as there was no evidence that his service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to follow and maintain a substantially gainful occupation.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an initial rating higher than 30 percent for adjustment disorder with depressed mood and remanded the claims for left and right shoulder impingement syndrome.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased initial rating for the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability and remanded claims for increased ratings for bilateral shoulder impingement syndrome.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection of right shoulder impingement syndrome with rotator cuff sprain and degenerative arthritis was denied in September 2018. The effective date for the grant of service connection is set at February 25, 2021.
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