The Board has remanded the case for further examination and to obtain updated VA treatment records.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not receive notification of scheduled examinations, which necessitates a new examination process.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder degenerative joint disease (DJD) with rotator cuff strain, adhesive capsulitis, and impingement syndrome, left shoulder limitation of motion, diabetes mellitus (DM) type II, peripheral neuropathy (PN), right upper extremity (RUE), peripheral neuropathy (PN), left upper extremity (LUE), peripheral neuropathy (PN), right lower extremity (RLE), peripheral neuropathy (PN), left lower extremity (LLE), hypertension (HTN)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2024
- Citation
- 24011530
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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
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for loss of tooth due to trauma, left shoulder recurrent dislocation, and left shoulder limitation of motion was denied. The rating for left shoulder recurrent dislocation is set at 20 percent, while the rating for left shoulder limitation of motion remains at 20 percent.
- Denied
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- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeal requests as they were not timely filed, and no good cause was shown for the late filing.
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