Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for a right shoulder disorder due to an inadequate VA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The August 2023 VA examiner's opinion was found inadequate as it did not address the Veteran's lay statements of continuous symptoms since service and provided a negative nexus opinion based on the absence of in-service documentation, which is not required for credibility.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- 25002697
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