The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions and potential preexisting conditions. The right shoulder disability, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus are all being reviewed further.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of the disabilities have been provided, necessitating additional examination and opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder DJD, bicep tendonitis, subdeltoid bursitis, supraspinatus tendinosis with partial tear, infraspinatus tear, subscapularis tendon with small delamination tear, glenohumeral joint arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2022
- Citation
- 22004325
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral knee degenerative joint disease and right shoulder DJD, but denied service connection for a compensable rating for scar, right bunionectomy, bilateral hearing loss (BHL), and right radiculopathy.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple degenerative joint diseases of the right and left wrist, knee, shoulder, elbow, and hip, including as secondary to a lumbar spine disability.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to errors in the duty to assist and insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral shoulder disabilities. The Veteran is seeking service connection for these disabilities, which she contends are related to her active-duty service or her service-connected knee condition.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left shoulder impingement syndrome and glenohumeral joint arthritis, finding that these conditions are related to the Veteran's active duty service.
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