Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left shoulder disability and scar due to an inadequate VA examination opinion.
The deciding factor: The August 2024 VA examiner's opinion was based on insufficient evidence, specifically the lack of knee instability findings, which must be corrected through a new examination.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder rotator cuff and bicipital tendonitis with subacromial/subdeltoid bursitis and acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis, left shoulder scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104714
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