The Board has determined that the VA examinations provided are inadequate to decide the Veteran's claim and therefore, a new examination is needed.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not adequately address the Veteran’s lay statements and contentions regarding his symptoms being secondary to service-connected left shoulder surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity neurological impairment, tingling and numbness of the left shoulder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19125933
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the Veteran's claims for further examination and evidence collection, as the previous VA examination did not adequately capture the severity of the Veteran's disabilities during flaring episodes.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right upper extremity neurological impairments due to an inadequate medical opinion.
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