The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been received to readjudicate the claims of service connection for right shoulder disorder and left shoulder disorder. The claims are being remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New and relevant evidence was submitted after the August 2010 VA rating decision, which is why the claims are being remanded for a new examination to determine if the Veteran's current shoulder disorders are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) right shoulder, Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) left shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 10, 2024
- Citation
- A24054431
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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 Veteran's appeals for increased disability ratings in excess of 10 percent for DJD left shoulder, thoracolumbar spine scoliosis, and cervical spine scoliosis have been dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right shoulder disability is currently rated at 20 percent, but no higher. The Board has remanded the issue of a rating in excess of 20 percent for his right upper extremity radiculopathy.
- Denied
The Veteran's right shoulder disability is not service connected as it did not manifest within one year of discharge and there is no evidence linking the current condition to an in-service injury.
- 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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