The Board has remanded two issues: left shoulder instability and residuals of alveolar soft parts sarcoma, left trapezius muscle. The Veteran needs to provide additional evidence and undergo examinations for both conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports are inadequate due to lack of information on functional loss caused by flare-ups and the identification of muscle groups involved with the sarcoma.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder instability, residuals of alveolar soft parts sarcoma, left trapezius muscle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19181260
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 has remanded the case for adjudicating the Veteran's motion for clear and unmistakable error in the October 2003 rating decision that granted service connection for left and right shoulder instability and assigned a 10 percent rating for each shoulder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development and a new medical opinion. The Veteran's left shoulder mild tendinosis distal subscapularis tendon is unclear, and his right shoulder disability may be related to his service-connected left shoulder disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and a new orthopedic examination to evaluate the severity of his left shoulder disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
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