BVA Decisions on Shoulder

67 real veterans-appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving shoulder — Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions and U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) decisions, each labeled with its court. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.

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• CAVCCase 96-1214 — Denied / Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded February 11, 1999
  In the May 28, 1996, BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied service connection for wounds of the lower extremities, frostbite of the feet, a skin disorder of the feet, heari...
• CAVCCase 93-1220 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded August 1, 1996
  In a September 1978 BVA decision, the Board denied service connection for a back disability....
• CAVCCase 94-1080 — Affirmed / Granted / Vacated November 26, 1996
  Subsequently, the RO and then the Board denied service connection for residuals of a head injury....
• BVACase 08-2236 — Unknown
  Richard Hime appeals from the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“the Veter- ans Court”) holding that the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) had...
• CAVCCase 91-1288 — Denied May 27, 1994
  KRAMER, Judge: Appellant, Gool Counts, appeals the April 15, 1991, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which determined that new and material evidence had not...
• BVACase 95-454 — Granted / Dismissed / Vacated
  Furthermore, though not explicitly mentioned in Cruz, the standards set forth in Cruz are consistent with the Board’s own regulation that places the burden on the claimant to estab...
• CAVCCase 92-622 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded March 6, 1995
  The appellant has filed a brief requesting that the Court vacate the Board's decision denying his claims for back condition and arthritis, reverse the Board's finding that the evid...
• CAVCCase 01-467 — Affirmed / Reversed / Remanded / Vacated October 22, 2003
  First, the Board found that, with respect to the MGs in the appellant's left shoulder, the evidence shows that the residuals of the GSW to the left shoulder involve only MG I and n...
• BVACase 23029996 — Dismissed / Denied / Granted / Remanded May 23, 2023
  The additional documentation submitted since the September 2009 rating decision is new and material and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran's claim of ser...
• CAVCCase 96-536 — Denied / Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded April 12, 1999
  On June 9, 1989, the Board denied service connection for Meniere's disease....
• CAVCCase 95-310 — Remanded / Denied / Vacated November 10, 1998
  sychiatric disorder, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); the Board also concluded that new and material evidence had not been presented or secured to reopen his previo...
• CAVCCase 96-1669 — Granted / Affirmed March 16, 1999
  FARLEY, Judge: On November 27, 1996, the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) issued a decision which (1) incorporated by reference a 1995 Board determination that new and mat...
• CAVCCase 93-1013 — Vacated / Remanded / Reversed August 10, 1994
  The Board held that appellant had not submitted new and material evidence since a May 4, 1990, VA letter informing him that he was ineligible for VA benefits because the Department...
• CAVCCase 02-2259 — Reversed / Remanded / Vacated April 19, 2005
  In an April 1977 decision, the Board found that his multiple-joint arthritis, other than that of his left knee, was not incurred while in service, aggravated by service, or caused ...
• BVACase 230405-336506 — Denied / Granted / Remanded October 7, 2025
  The Board must assess the credibility and weight of all the evidence, including the medical evidence, to determine its probative value, accounting for the evidence which it finds t...
• BVACase 23007415 — Granted / Denied / Remanded February 6, 2023
  18-30 679 DATE: February 6, 2023 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is reopened, and to that extent o...
• CAVCCase 93-985 — Vacated July 14, 1995
  This case presents the Court with three related questions: (1) Whether this claim was well grounded when only "hearsay" medical evidence (the appellant's statement as to what his p...
• CAVCCase 90-720 — Vacated / Affirmed February 18, 1994
  3 On July 20, 1988, the rating board denied service connection for a seizure disorder, headaches, peripheral vascular disease, and venous insufficiency....
• BVACase 23012576 — Denied / Granted / Remanded March 1, 2023
  New and material evidence has not been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for chronic migraine headaches, and the claim to reopen is denied....
• CAVCCase 91-1868 — Unknown November 5, 1993
  On February 23, 1981, the Board denied an increased evaluation for the service-connected right shoulder condition and denied service connection for the other conditions, including ...
• BVACase 24009973 — Granted / Denied / Remanded February 29, 2024
  20-27 542 DATE: February 29, 2024 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claim of service connection for a low back disorder is reopened and to this extent only,...
• CAVCCase 90-960 — Granted / Affirmed / Denied / Vacated / Remanded September 29, 1992
  Post-traumatic Stress Disorder When a veteran presents a well-grounded claim for service connection, the Secretary has a duty to assist the veteran in developing the facts pertinen...
• BVACase 23038858 — Granted / Denied / Remanded July 13, 2023
  19-09 657 DATE: July 13, 2023 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claim of service connection for adjustment disorder is reopened and to this extent only, the...
• CAVCCase 93-493 — Vacated February 4, 1994
  § 5107(a), that "the facts relevant to the issue on appeal have been properly and adequately developed", and that VA had complied with its statutory duty to assist....
• CAVCCase 94-149 — Reversed / Dismissed / Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed April 16, 1996
  In April 1971, the RO, finding the evidence submitted "not new and material to warrant a favorable reconsideration", refused to reopen the claim....
• CAVCCase 91-2162 — Affirmed April 16, 1993
  McIntosh appeals from a November 1, 1991, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which declined to reopen his previously disallowed claim for service connection ...
• BVACase 23006286 — Denied / Remanded February 1, 2023
  The Veteran's cervical spine disability is not related to his active service....
• BVACase 190916-30775 — Granted / Denied / Remanded May 1, 2024
  The rating of ten percent for right index finger scarring from July 31, 2006, to July 26, 2016, was not clearly erroneous, has already been restored, and since July 26, 2016, the r...
• BVACase 221110-294734 — Denied / Granted / Remanded December 20, 2024
  The Board must assess the credibility and weight of all the evidence, including the medical evidence, to determine its probative value, accounting for the evidence which it finds t...
• CAVCCase 96-47 — Denied March 25, 1998
  In April 1993, after reviewing the appellant’s claim de novo, the Board denied service connection for a gastrointestinal condition....
• CAVCCase 91-87 — Reversed / Vacated / Denied December 3, 1992
  The Court holds that the Board's determination that the evidence most recently submitted by the veteran was not "new and material" was correct....
• CAVCCase 92-1410 — Vacated / Remanded February 8, 1994
  Kightly, appeals the July 24, 1992, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen appel...
• BVACase 220615-252249 — Granted / Denied / Remanded August 25, 2025
  e present disability and the disease or injury incurred or aggravated during service-the so-called "nexus" requirement....
• BVACase 221114-297761 — Denied / Remanded March 13, 2025
  The question for the Board is whether the Veteran has a current disability that began during service or is at least as likely as not related to an in-service injury, event, or dise...
• CAVCCase 90-103 — Vacated September 15, 1993
  actor in the veteran's unemployment; to discuss the veteran's capacity for work; and to discuss the credibility of the veteran's sworn testimony as evidence....
• CAVCCase 94-688 — Reversed / Vacated / Remanded September 6, 1996
  ) 6 In the April 1994 BVA decision here on appeal, the Board found that during his active military service "the veteran sustained a gunshot wound to the right shoulder" and that th...
• CAVCCase 90-654 — Remanded August 19, 1991
  While stating that it did "not doubt the sincerity of the lay statements", the rating board found that "the evidence fails to establish that the veteran had any complaints of a hea...
• CAVCCase 96-947 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded January 20, 1999
  Additionally, the Board concluded that the veteran had never filed a Substantive Appeal as to claims for service connection for varicose 2 veins of the right leg and for an increas...
• CAVCCase 01-1505 — Affirmed February 20, 2004
  The Chairman of the Board denied the motion in July 1995, and the appellant, in December 1995, filed a Notice of Appeal (NOA) with the Court....
• BVACase 24026388 — Granted / Denied / Remanded July 16, 2024
  New and material evidence not having been received, the request to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), also clai...
• CAVCCase 98-1410 — Dismissed / Affirmed July 21, 2000
  The Board found that further development was required with respect to the veteran's claims for headaches, insomnia, mild obstructive airway disease, metallic taste in his mouth, an...
• BVACase 23045875 — Dismissed / Denied / Granted / Remanded August 17, 2023
  New and material evidence sufficient to reopen the claim of service connection for left shoulder impingement syndrome has not been presented....
• CAVCCase 94-328 — Vacated / Remanded / Denied April 23, 1996
  ision denying service connection for DM and remand the matter for further consideration because the Board failed to consider whether his DM might be secondary to asserted malnutrit...
• CAVCCase 91-1292 — Vacated February 24, 1993
  In addition, coronary heart disease, and diabetes are listed as "OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS--Conditions contributing to death but not related to [immediate cause]....
• BVACase 210330-148073 — Granted / Remanded July 8, 2024
  y of an in-service incurrence or aggravation of an injury or disease, and (3) medical evidence of a nexus between the current disability and the in-service disease or injury....
• CAVCCase 95-497 — Affirmed February 26, 1997
  a November 1973 effective date for total disability, and that found the appellant had not presented new and material evidence to reopen a claim for service connection for the cause...
• BVACase 23000407 — Denied / Granted January 4, 2023
  The preponderance of the evidence is against finding that the Veteran's respiratory disorder was causally related to any disease, injury, or incident during service; or related to ...
• CAVCCase 93-288 — Affirmed November 21, 1994
  In a June 24, 1985, decision, the RO denied reopening of both the TDIU and chest-condition claims because new and material evidence had not been presented....
• CAVCCase 95-59 — Affirmed October 24, 1996
  The RO informed the appellant that the additional evidence submitted was not new and material because it was repetitive and cumulative of the evidence previously considered....
• CAVCCase 94-557 — Reversed / Denied / Remanded / Vacated / Affirmed November 14, 1997
  A June 1979 RO decision granted a 30% rating for service-connected congestive heart failure, effective on July 15, 1978, and concluded that CDD and related muscle atrophy were not ...
• BVACase 24031166 — Denied / Remanded September 26, 2024
  The Veteran's right knee, bilateral shoulder, and bilateral elbow disabilities are not related to an in-service injury or disease, to include as due to service in Southwest Asia an...
• BVACase 200826-106084 — Granted / Remanded February 15, 2024
  Establishing service connection generally requires (1) evidence of a current disability; (2) evidence of in-service incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury; and (3) eviden...
• CAVCCase 97-1518 — Denied / Granted / Affirmed / Vacated June 1, 1999
  In its March 26, 1997, decision the Board found that the January 1991 note was executed by the veteran and represented a valid change of beneficiary....
• CAVCCase 96-1038 — Affirmed December 3, 1998
  Accordingly, the Board concluded that the veteran’s death was the result of willful misconduct and denied the appellant’s claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran'...
• BVACase 210425-155589 — Denied / Remanded December 20, 2024
  To the extent the evidence is found in "approximate balance," the Board will afford the benefit of the doubt in favor of the Veteran....
• CAVCCase 93-595 — Denied August 11, 1995
  FARLEY, Judge: This is an appeal from a March 2, 1993, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which declined to reopen the appellant's claim for service connecti...
• CAVCCase 98-664 — Unknown July 7, 1999
  In the January 1998 BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied as not well grounded multiple claims under 38 U....
• CAVCCase 98-821 — Unknown July 27, 1999
  In the February 1998 BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied as not well grounded the veteran's left-hip secondary-service-connection claim because he "ha[d] failed to show ....
• CAVCCase 96-853 — Affirmed December 2, 1997
  In January 1994, the VARO determined that the evidence submitted was not new and material....
• CAVCCase 93-419 — Denied / Reversed / Remanded June 2, 1994
  In balancing the evidence, the Board found the absence of objective evidence documenting multiple sclerosis during service or within the seven-year presumption period following ser...
• BVACase 24028711 — Granted / Denied August 9, 2024
  When there is an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding any issue material to the determination of the matter, the benefit of the doubt will be given to th...
• BVACase 220321-229078 — Denied / Remanded / Granted October 29, 2024
  Service connection generally requires (1) medical evidence of a current disability; (2) medical or, in certain circumstances, lay evidence of an in-service incurrence or aggravatio...
• CAVCCase 91-1137 — Unknown June 15, 1993
  In an August 6, 1990, decision, a rating board denied appellant's claims for service connection for a variety of disabilities, including claims for a right scapular disorder and re...
• DecisionCase 23033274 — Granted June 12, 2023
  At which time, the Board found new and material evidence had been received to warrant reopening the previously denied claim for entitlement to service connection for a left shoulde...
• CAVCCase 98-1632 — Dismissed / Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated July 27, 2000
  Determining whether the cause of the veteran's death is service connected is a finding of fact reviewed under the "clearly erroneous" standard of review....
• CAVCCase 90-235 — Vacated / Remanded May 8, 1991
  The VARO found that the evidence 3 submitted to reopen his previously disallowed claim was not new and material and denied his claim on November 15, 1988....
• CAVCCase 97-1993 — Affirmed November 19, 1999
  On appeal to the BVA, the Board determined that the appellant had not submitted evidence of a well-grounded claim for secondary service connection of degenerative joint disease in ...