Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of a psychiatric disorder secondary to left shoulder disability is remanded. The Board will re-evaluate the claim.
The deciding factor: The Veteran reasonably raised the issue of secondary service connection in his May 2018 supplemental claim, which was not addressed by the AOJ.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder, left shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25005935
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