The Veteran's claim for increased ratings for scars of the left upper extremity and a left rotator cuff tear is remanded due to insufficient evidence. The VA will obtain additional medical records, schedule the Veteran for an examination, and consider any new information provided.
The deciding factor: The decision does not provide specific reasoning but indicates that further evaluation and consideration are needed based on the lack of sufficient evidence in the current record.
- Claimed conditions
- Scars of the left upper extremity, Left rotator cuff tear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19145556
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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: Granted
The Veteran's left shoulder disability is granted with a 30 percent rating from September 5, 2011 to July 31, 2019. A higher 40 percent rating is granted for the period August 6, 2018 to July 31, 2019. The Veteran's TDIU claim is also granted.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's appeal for higher ratings for his left shoulder disability was denied. From September 5, 2011 to July 19, 2018, the Veteran was rated at 20 percent and from July 19, 2018, he was rated at 40 percent.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board found that the evidence was at least in equipoise as to whether the injury underlying the Veteran's left rotator cuff tear was incurred during a period of INACDUTRA or aggravated during a period of ACDUTRA, and thus granted service connection for residuals of left rotator cuff repair.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied reopening of service connection for a low back disorder and denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a left rotator cuff tear due to lack of new and material evidence, and because the Veteran's condition preexisted VA treatment.
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