The Board has remanded the claims of entitlement to service connection for left and right shoulder disabilities due to insufficient evidence in the record. The Veteran's service treatment records indicate a left arm injury with numbness, tingling, or loss of sensation during service. The VA examiner will be required to provide an opinion on whether the current disabilities are related to service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there is not sufficient competent medical evidence to decide the claims and remanded for further examination and opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's shoulder disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the left shoulder, Right shoulder pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 5, 2024
- Citation
- A24053017
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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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