The Board has denied service connection for a right shoulder disability and remanded the issue of an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected navicular bone fracture of the right wrist.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support finding that the Veteran's current right shoulder condition began during active service or is otherwise related to an injury, event, or disease in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Impingement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 26, 2022
- Citation
- 22048667
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left shoulder disorders due to in-service participation on a boxing team. The VA will need to obtain additional medical records, including private physical therapy records, and schedule an examination to determine if these conditions are related to service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right shoulder disability, finding that his current conditions are related to injuries sustained during military service. The appeal is granted.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's effective dates for various disability evaluations have been granted as of September 23, 2019. The claims were based on new evidence that reopened the service connection for these conditions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for PTSD, shoulder impingement, shoulder arthroscopic scars, painful scar of the right shoulder, and knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with chondromalacia and Baker's cyst. Service connection was also denied for bilateral hearing loss.
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