The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional medical records and a VA examination to determine the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected left shoulder disability, including neurological and limitation of motion components. The effective date for the grant of a separate rating for the left shoulder neurological disability is also under review.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there are outstanding medical records needed to fully assess the Veteran's condition and remanded the case accordingly.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder neurological disability, left shoulder limitation of motion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 26, 2022
- Citation
- 22048748
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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