The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for left-sided body pain, including a left hip disorder; left shoulder disorder; left arm disorder (claimed as left elbow pain); and left knee disorder due to insufficient medical opinions in the previous decision.
The deciding factor: The Board found that addendum opinions are necessary because the June 2019 VA medical opinions were insufficient for rating purposes, relying on the putative absence of complaints, treatment, or diagnoses in the Veteran's service treatment records and failing to address his assertions of being injured during the 1964 earthquake.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip disorder, left shoulder disorder, left arm disorder (claimed as left elbow pain), left knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20060074
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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
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- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for lumbosacral strain, asthma, melasma and hydradenitis, hypertension, an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as depression, anxiety, and stress), left shoulder disorder, right shoulder disorder, left knee disorder, a left foot disorder, and IBS have been granted. The remaining issues are remanded.
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