The Board has remanded the case due to additional VA clinical documentation being submitted after the April 2019 supplemental statement of the case. The Veteran did not waive review of this new evidence.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not respond to the Board's notice waiving initial review of the additional VA clinical documentation.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent right shoulder disability, rotator cuff tendinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2024
- Citation
- 24004462
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 918 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 24004462.
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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings due to incomplete records, including a lack of color photographs of his scars. The claims are being returned to the agency that made the initial decision.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of service connection for a recurrent right shoulder disability and a temporary total rating under the provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 4.30 based upon a period of convalescence following a 2009 right shoulder surgical procedure for further action consistent with the Joint Motion for Partial Remand.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of service connection for a recurrent right shoulder disability and entitlement to a temporary total rating under 38 C.F.R. § 4.30 due to the need for further medical evaluation.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right shoulder disability is being remanded for further review due to a pre-existing condition aggravation during active service.
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