The Board remands the rating reduction claims for further action, including new VA examinations to reassess the Veteran's level of disability as of October 2019.
The deciding factor: The lack of proper notice and the need for new evidence through reexaminations are the deciding factors in this remand.
- Claimed conditions
- right arm radial nerve neuropathy, thoracic outlet syndrome and acromioclavicular arthritis right shoulder following multiple superior labral anterior posterior (SLAP) surgical repairs
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25100833
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,185 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the reduction of ratings for right arm radial nerve neuropathy and thoracic outlet syndrome with acromioclavicular arthritis in your right shoulder from their current levels to non-compensable effective April 1, 2020 was proper. The decision also states that restoration of these ratings is denied.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal was denied for various issues related to his service-connected disabilities, including right arm radial nerve neuropathy, shoulder rotator cuff repair, lumbar and cervical spine conditions, left and right knee surgeries, and GERD. The appeals were addressed in the context of initial ratings assigned.
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