The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete medical opinions and further development is required. The Veteran's claims for service connection of a torn deltoid muscle of the left arm, as secondary to his service-connected left humerus injury, and TDIU prior to June 16, 2008 are being reviewed.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the medical opinions were incomplete and did not address whether any disability of the deltoid muscle of the left arm was related to or aggravated by his service-connected left humerus injury.
- Claimed conditions
- torn deltoid muscle of the left arm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2023
- Citation
- 23061921
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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.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection of a torn deltoid muscle of the left arm and denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) for the period prior to June 16, 2008.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for a lumbosacral spine disability and remanded the issues of entitlement to service connection for a torn deltoid muscle of the left arm, to include as secondary to service-connected left humerus injury, and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability prior to June 16, 2008.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to missing VA examination and incomplete medical records. The Veteran is also seeking service connection for a torn deltoid muscle of the left arm, tendonitis of the right shoulder, disc herniation in the lumbosacral spine, and an acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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