The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a disability rating higher than 20 percent prior to November 7, 2019, and higher than 40 percent from November 7, 2019, to May 17, 2020, for right shoulder traumatic tendonitis due to the need for an addendum opinion regarding the ameliorative effects of medication.
The deciding factor: The Board finds the existing opinion incomplete as it did not address whether the ameliorative effects of medication would impact the severity of the Veteran's right shoulder traumatic tenonitis during flareups or with repeated use over time throughout the appeal period, and therefore remand is necessary for an addendum opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder traumatic tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25013076
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