Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right shoulder disability and carpal tunnel syndrome to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to an inadequate VA examination and opinion, as well as unclear allegations regarding CTS of which upper extremity (or both) is being claimed.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder disability, claimed as musculoskeletal shoulder, carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), claimed as pinched nerved in left hand
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089490
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