The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left shoulder and low back disabilities due to conflicting medical opinions and lack of definitive evidence.
The deciding factor: There are conflicting medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's current diagnoses, necessitating further examination and opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder acromioclavicular arthritis, low back invertebral disc syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 15, 2022
- Citation
- 22040647
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for joint pain, finding that his symptoms were not related to his military service and attributing them to diagnosed conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded four issues related to the Veteran's hand and wrist conditions, as well as his left shoulder and elbow disabilities. The issues include service connection for de Quervain’s tenosynovitis and flexor carpi ulnari tendinopathy of both hands and wrists, and an initial rating for acromioclavicular arthritis and lateral epicondylitis of the left elbow. Additional evidence is needed to determine if these conditions are related to service.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected residuals of a left clavicle fracture with left shoulder acromioclavicular arthritis do not warrant a rating in excess of 20 percent.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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