The Veteran's claim of service connection for a bilateral shoulder disability has been reopened, and the case is remanded for further development including obtaining medical records and scheduling an examination.
The deciding factor: New evidence received more than one year after the final denial indicates current diagnoses and functional impairment related to service. The Veteran’s statements about continuous pain since service are considered in determining whether a relationship exists with service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral shoulder disability, osteoarthritis, tendonitis, trapezius myositis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20050310
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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- Denied
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