The Board has remanded the claims for an initial compensable rating, earlier effective date, and TDIU due to new evidence indicating a worsened disability picture. A new VA examination is needed to assess the current severity of the left shoulder surgical scars and left groin scars.
The deciding factor: New evidence suggests a worsening of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, necessitating further evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder surgical scars, left groin scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2023
- Citation
- 23043623
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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.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted a 50 percent rating for his left shoulder osteoarthritis with rotator cuff tear repair and hemiarthroplasty, denied an initial compensable rating for his left shoulder surgical scars, and granted TDIU and SMC at the housebound rate.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected left shoulder surgical scars have been rated as noncompensable and 10 percent, respectively. The Board denied both claims for higher ratings.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for his left shoulder surgical scars as they do not meet the criteria under Diagnostic Code 7802.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for left shoulder surgical scars has been dismissed.,The Veteran's appeals for an earlier effective date for service connection and increased rating of ventral hernia have been dismissed.,The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating of his ventral hernia has been granted with a 40 percent disability rating.,The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating of his status post herniorrhaphy residual scar has been granted with a 10 percent disability rating.
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