Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's left shoulder disability was aggravated by his service-connected right shoulder disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not address the second prong to secondary service connection, specifically aggravation, requiring a remand to correct this pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- left rotator cuff tendonitis s/p left rotator cuff tear (claimed as left shoulder condition)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25092059
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