The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to duty to assist errors and insufficient medical opinions. The issues of right shoulder, left shoulder, and right foot disabilities are being reviewed.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical opinions regarding the onset and causation of the Veteran's bilateral shoulder conditions and right foot disability prevent a determination on the merits.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Shoulder Rotator Cuff Tendonitis, Left Shoulder AC Joint Arthritis, Right Foot Pes Planus with Tendinopathy/Tendinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2024
- Citation
- A24069256
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,762 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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: Partly granted
The Board granted an increased rating of 30 percent for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) but remanded the claims for service connection for gastro-esophageal reflux disease, right shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis, chronic fatigue syndrome, and essential tremors.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right shoulder disabilities are not related to service or her service-connected back disability, and thus denied her claim for service connection.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his right shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis is denied. The Board has found that the current 20 percent rating adequately reflects the severity of the disability, and thus no greater rating is warranted under the applicable criteria. Additionally, the issue of service connection for fibromyalgia secondary to the service-connected right shoulder condition is remanded due to additional development being necessary.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70% and his right shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis is rated at 20%. The Board has remanded the case for further development.
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