The Board has decided to remand the cases for a VA medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's shoulder disabilities are at least as likely as not proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected generalized anxiety disorder.
The deciding factor: The examiner must provide an opinion on whether the Veteran’s shoulder disabilities are related to service and if they are proximately due to or aggravated by a service-connected disability, specifically generalized anxiety disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the left shoulder, Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the right shoulder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20080109
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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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