The Board has granted the Veteran's appeals to reopen service connection for a collarbone disorder and spinal subluxation, finding that new evidence supports these claims. However, service connection cannot be established as there is no current diagnosis of either condition.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of a collarbone or spinal subluxation in the Veteran's records.
- Claimed conditions
- collarbone disorder, spinal subluxation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19180627
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,200 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
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).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating have been remanded due to the need to obtain additional medical records, including from facilities he has identified. The Veteran also needs a VA examination to assess his current psychiatric disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a collarbone disorder, right shoulder disorder, right elbow disorder, right wrist disorder, or right hand disorder due to an in-service injury or illness. Therefore, service connection for these conditions is denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for additional development, including scheduling a VA peripheral nerves examination and obtaining any outstanding medical records.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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