Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a right shoulder disability to correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the November 2024 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The VA-obtained medical opinion is inadequate as it does not address the August 1970 STR documenting shoulder injuries in service, which provides a factual basis for the remand.
- Claimed conditions
- right shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25092446
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