Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development and to correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the issuance of the February 2023 SSOC.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports were found inadequate, and there are inconsistencies in the claims file requiring a new opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- limitation of motion due to right arm strain and right clavicle fracture, right arm strain and right clavicle fracture, left shoulder dislocation status post arthroscopy and stabilization, painful and/or unstable surgical scars associated with the right and left shoulders, bilateral shoulder surgical scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088281
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