The Board has ordered a new VA examination to assess the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected left shoulder disability due to lack of information regarding flare-ups and functional loss during such events. The claim is being remanded for this purpose.
The deciding factor: The need for a new VA examination to address the Veteran's reported flare-ups and their impact on her left shoulder disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder subluxation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2018
- Citation
- 1821906
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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 remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right shoulder disabilities due to incomplete development in the previous rating decision. The Veteran is required to provide evidence of a nexus between his current shoulder conditions and military service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an increased rating for left shoulder subluxation and a TDIU due to new evidence being added to the record without AOJ consideration, as well as issues with previous examinations.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all appeals as the Veteran withdrew his claims for service connection and ratings in excess of 20 percent, 30 percent, or compensable for various conditions. The RO granted service connection for sleep apnea.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied the Veteran's request for an increased rating for his service-connected left shoulder subluxation and has remanded the issue of service connection for a cervical spine disability, which is secondary to his service-connected shoulder disabilities. The case must be returned to VA to attempt to obtain records from Silas B. Hayes Army Hospital in California where the Veteran was hospitalized during the 1980s.
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