The Board has dismissed the appeal regarding the Veteran's request to reopen a claim of service connection for a left shoulder disability. The claims for service connection for right and left knee disabilities, lumbar spine strain, and bilateral hearing loss are remanded due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence is against finding that any current chronic right shoulder or knee disabilities began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, lumbar spine strain, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 22, 2020
- Citation
- 20062371
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection of bilateral hearing loss and a ruptured right ear drum was dismissed due to the death of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right shoulder disability and migraines/chronic headaches are remanded for additional development due to insufficient opinions on the etiology of her conditions.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was noted upon entry into active duty service and did not increase in severity during service. Therefore, it denied his claim for service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, and PTSD due to additional development of records and examination.
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