Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection of left and right shoulder disabilities, secondary to a back disability, are being sent back for further review. The Board needs more medical opinions to decide if the shoulder conditions were caused or aggravated by the back condition.
The deciding factor: The Board remanded the case because the initial decision lacked adequate medical opinions on both causation and aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder disability, right shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25003226
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