The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right shoulder disabilities due to deficiencies in a previous VA examination and failure to address certain arguments raised by the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because the January 2019 VA examiner did not comply with Mitchell v. Shinseki, Sharp v. Shulkin, and Jones v. Shinseki, and failed to consider the effects of medication on the severity of his right shoulder disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder glenohumeral joint osteoarthritis, right shoulder glenohumeral joint recurrent dislocation, residuals of right shoulder total arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2024
- Citation
- 24031469
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,614 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right shoulder and left shoulder disorders, finding that the Veteran's current diagnoses are related to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran seeks compensation for a right shoulder condition that she contends was caused by VA during a routine mammogram. The RO remanded the claim due to inadequate medical opinion regarding causation.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted a 30 percent rating for right shoulder glenohumeral joint osteoarthritis prior to March 25, 2022, and the claims for increased ratings for recurrent dislocation and total arthroplasty were denied.
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