The Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral shoulder condition is reopened, but the Board has remanded his secondary service connection claim to allow for an adequate examination and addendum opinion.
The deciding factor: The examiner was not able to provide a definitive opinion regarding whether the Veteran's bilateral shoulder disorder was caused by or aggravated by his service-connected seizure disorder due to lack of information in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral shoulder disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2022
- Citation
- 22019946
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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: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hip disorders due to a lack of current diagnoses in the medical records.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for various conditions including an acquired psychiatric disorder, chronic pain and fatigue, psoriatic arthritis, bilateral shoulder disorder, and low back disorder due to a failure to provide notice of the right to a hearing.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral shoulder, knee and foot disorders. Service connection was denied for residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and sleep disorder.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral shoulder disorder as it was less likely than not related to the Veteran's service or caused by falls due to his service-connected hip and lumbar spine disabilities.
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