The Board has determined that the VA examinations provided are inadequate and requires new opinions to determine if the Veteran's claimed conditions are related to service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions were found to be inadequate as they did not consider the Veteran's reported in-service injuries and symptoms, which he testified to during his hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- impingement syndrome, right shoulder, impingement syndrome, left shoulder, multi-level cervical degenerative disc disease (DDD), degenerative disc and joint disease, lumbar spine, patellofemoral pain syndrome, right knee, lumbosacral radiculopathy, right lower extremity, lumbosacral radiculopathy, left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2023
- Citation
- 23016908
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for patellofemoral pain syndrome, left and right knees due to insufficient evidence in the record regarding the etiology of the Veteran's current knee conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's bilateral knee disorders are remanded for further evaluation due to the need for a new VA examination to determine their etiology.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and denied increased ratings for right shoulder impingement syndrome, hearing loss, painful scar, patellofemoral pain syndromes of the knees, and other conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for patellofemoral pain syndrome, left and right knees, a painful chest condition (including costochondritis), and remanded the issue of traumatic brain injury.
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