Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the appeal for another VA examination to determine the current severity of the service-connected left shoulder disability, as the previous examination did not consider the ameliorative effects of medication.
The deciding factor: The August 2022 VA examiner did not discount the beneficial medication effects and evaluate the baseline severity of the left shoulder disability, which is required by Jones v. Shinseki and Ingram v. Collins.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder acromioclavicular joint separation with associated coracoid fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25101595
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