The Board remanded the claims for new examinations and opinions to determine if the veteran's shoulder conditions are service-connected or secondary to a service-connected cervical-spine disorder.
The deciding factor: The Board found that previous medical opinions were not adequate for adjudication purposes and that there was a duty-to-assist error in not obtaining all relevant treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- right-shoulder condition, left-shoulder condition (also claimed as impingement syndrome with bicipital tendonitis and bursitis)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25006478
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 793 · 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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the service connection claims for PTSD, heart condition, left-shoulder condition, and right-shoulder condition. The TDIU claim is also being remanded as it is intertwined with these issues.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for PTSD, heart condition, left-shoulder condition, and right-shoulder condition due to missing military personnel records and failure to obtain an examination.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for the Veteran's right-shoulder condition and remanded claims for service connection for right-hand and left-hand conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for the left-shoulder condition, granted a 10 percent rating for allergic rhinitis, and denied service connection for the right-shoulder condition.
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