The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of VA examination for the left shoulder condition and further development is needed.
The deciding factor: Further development, including a VA examination, is required to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's left shoulder disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder impingement with rotator cuff tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19142101
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Decisions by this judge: 2,451 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Denied
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