The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete service records and a need for further examination to determine the nature, etiology, and relationship of the Veteran's recurrent right shoulder disability.
The deciding factor: Further evaluation is needed to determine if the Veteran's recurrent right shoulder disability had its onset during active service or is related to any incident of service, including her subjective history of in-service right shoulder trauma. The examiner must also assess whether it is at least as likely as not that the condition is due to or the result of her left shoulder disability and other service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent right shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 6, 2021
- Citation
- 21072883
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings due to incomplete records, including a lack of color photographs of his scars. The claims are being returned to the agency that made the initial decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of service connection for a recurrent right shoulder disability and a temporary total rating under the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 4.30 based upon a period of convalescence following a 2009 right shoulder surgical procedure for further action consistent with the Joint Motion for Partial Remand.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of service connection for a recurrent right shoulder disability and entitlement to a temporary total rating under 38 C.F.R. § 4.30 due to the need for further medical evaluation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right shoulder disability is being remanded for further review due to a pre-existing condition aggravation during active service.
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