Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for higher ratings of service-connected bilateral shoulder disabilities due to inadequate medical examinations.
The deciding factor: The examiner's report was inadequate because it did not provide a rationale for why an opinion could not be rendered without resorting to speculation.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder disability, left shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25001261
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