The Board remanded the claims for increased ratings and service connection for depression secondary to right shoulder disability due to inadequate medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion was deemed inadequate as it did not specify whether the examiner's inability to opine on specific range of motion without medication effects were due to a lack of expertise, insufficient information, or general knowledge limitations.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder traumatic tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2025
- Citation
- 25009178
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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