The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient examination reports and outstanding VA treatment records. The Veteran's right shoulder disability is being evaluated again for a more accurate assessment of its severity.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations are inadequate, and there may be outstanding VA treatment records that need to be obtained to provide a proper evaluation of the Veteran's right shoulder disability.
- Claimed conditions
- shoulder strain, torn, glenohumeral joint instability, status post right shoulder arthroscopic capsulorrhaphy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2023
- Citation
- 23004195
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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: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for osteoarthritis with rotator cuff tendonitis and shoulder strain, left shoulder, finding that the Veteran's current disability is at least as likely as not incurred in or caused by his in-service treatment.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to lack of substantial compliance with prior remand directives, and a new VA examination is required.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's case is being remanded for further development due to the need for a new VA medical examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected left shoulder disability, discounting the ameliorative effects of medications.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for pseudofolliculitis barbae and granted a 20 percent rating for left and right lower extremity sciatic radiculopathy, while denying service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome, insomnia, neck strain, shoulder strain, and sleep apnea.
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