The Board denied the claims for service connection for neck and cervical spine injury with fusion, right shoulder strain, and sciatic nerve injury as new and relevant evidence was not submitted since the previous denial.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not submit any new and relevant evidence of a medical nexus opinion indicating a link between her claimed disabilities and her military service since the previous denial of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- neck and cervical spine injury with fusion, right shoulder strain, sciatic nerve injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093765
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 713 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right shoulder strain as there is no evidence of a chronic condition in service or within one year after discharge, and the medical opinion found that his current condition is not related to his military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board has granted entitlement to total disability based on individual unemployability.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a determination on whether the Veteran's right shoulder strain warrants a compensable disability rating, and if so, what that rating should be.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right and left shoulder disabilities, finding that they are related to his active duty service.
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