Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for an adequate VA examination to assess the nature and severity of the Veteran's service-connected left shoulder disability.
The deciding factor: The July 2025 VA examination is deficient as it does not comply with prior remand directives, and neither the August 2025 nor September 2025 VA opinions remedy this deficiency.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder strain with acromioclavicular joint separation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- 25014155
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