The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion due to an inadequate July 2021 VA medical opinion and failure to obtain the full informed consent document.
The deciding factor: The July 2021 VA medical opinion is based on an inaccurate factual premise, and there was a pre-decisional duty to assist error in failing to obtain the full informed consent document.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder degenerative joint disease with axillary neuropathy status post repair of rotator cuff tear
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25052804
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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