The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left shoulder disabilities, as secondary to his service-connected allergic rhinitis. The RO must issue a new Supplemental Statement of the Case (SSOC) addressing these issues.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further development due to the issuance of a December 2020 VA examination and the Veteran's attempt to opt-in to the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA).
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder traumatic arthritis, left shoulder traumatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2021
- Citation
- 21008963
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for cervical spine osteoarthritis and cervical strain, but has remanded the issues of traumatic arthritis of the lumbar spine and shoulders due to incomplete evaluations.
- Denied
The Veteran's right shoulder disability is rated at 40 percent prior to August 23, 2012. The Board denied entitlement to an increased rating and TDIU.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, thus his claim for total disability due to individual unemployability (TDIU) is denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings and service connection have been dismissed due to the appellant's withdrawal of these claims.
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