BVA Decisions on Shoulder
71 real Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving shoulder. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.
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Case 19-0001 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded April 7,2021A May 2009 private nexus opinion notes that [d]ue to the impossibility to use [the right] arm Mr....
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Case 23-2243 — Unknown April 26,2024The Court will vacate the part of the Board's decision that failed to address the appellant's argument in his December 2021 NOD that he was entitled to compensation for unrated man...
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Case 22-1071 — Vacated October 31,2023October 2019 Board Remand and Development In an October 2019 remand order,the Board found that a new VA examination was required to address the severity of her service-connected le...
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Case 20-2118 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded June 24,2021VA also obtained a thyroid examination;the VA examiner noted that the appellant was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 2009 and opined that the condition was not related to the nonst...
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Case 24-7325 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed December 11,2025The RO denied the claim as to the right shoulder because he had not submitted new and material evidence and as to the left shoulder because there was no evidence of nexus or of an ...
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Case 24-4510 — Unknown September 9,2025PIETSCH, Judge : Maria Teresa Martinez-Homick ,through counsel,appeals an April 4, 2024,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that (1) denied service connection for upper extre...
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Case 19-2504 — Unknown April 13,2021Harrison , through counsel,appeals a December 18,2018,Board of Veteran's Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for a neck condition and bilateral hea...
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Case 93-1220 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded August 1, 1996In a September 1978 BVA decision, the Board denied service connection for a back disability....
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Case 14-0138 — Vacated / Remanded March 16,2015In the December 27,2013,decision on appeal,the Board denied disability compensation for migraine headaches,a central nervous system disability manifested by dizziness,bilateral hea...
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Case 21-3714 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded August 31,2023In his brief,the appellant argued that the Board erred in relying on a medical opinion premised on medical treatises,without addressing the probative value of the opinion in light ...
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Case 08-0816 — Remanded / Vacated March 31,2011Fontenot , through counsel,appeals a May 7, 2008,Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied his claims for entitlement to service connection for bilateral...
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Case 23-6519 — Unknown January 17,2025In an April 2003 rating decision,the RO found no new and material evidence to reopen a claim for a right knee condition....
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Case 21-0347 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded November 8,2021The examiner is notified that findings of not due to, not caused by, and not related to are insufficient to address the question of aggravation....
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Case 24-293 — Unknown May 30,2025Specifically,the Board noted that the appellant reported to have received treatment for all his claim conditions at Munson Army Health Center in Ft....
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Case 18-5936 — Remanded / Vacated June 17,2020l the negative clinical opinions of record that found that appellant's right shoulder disability is not service connected....
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Case 24-2877 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded May 23,2025The appellant underwent a VA examination for artery and vein conditions in May 2023; the examiner opined that there was no pathology to warrant an upper extremity PVD diagnosis;he ...
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Case 22-2282 — Affirmed May 31,2023The appellant underwent a VA examination in March 2013;the examiner diagnosed cervical spondylytic myelopathy and opined that the condition was not related to service....
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Case 23-3986 — Unknown July 19,2024July 2016 Board Decision and Appeal In a July 2016 decision,the Board denied a rating higher than 20%for left shoulder dislocation,status postsurgical repair with residual tendinit...
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Case 15-2247 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed July 22,2016Zanders ,appeals through counsel a May 14, 2015,decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)that,among other things, denied service connection for a back disability after fin...
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Case 11-1074 — Vacated / Remanded February 12,2013Based upon these facts,and a discharge examination revealing no pulmonary abnormalities ,the physician concluded that the veteran had mild asbestosis but that it was more likely th...
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Case 14-0635 — Affirmed December 18,2014He contends that VA failed to satisfy its duty to assist him by gathering relevant documents and providing an adequate medical nexus opinion....
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Case 20-3257 — Unknown January 4,2022LAURER, Judge : United States Army veteran Almon Haynes appeals,through counsel,a February 6,2020,Board of Veterans�Appeals (Board)decision determining that there was no new and ma...
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Case 12-2187 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded October 23,2013Morgan's current hearing loss was less likely as not related to or caused by in-service noise exposure....
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Case 23-3939 — Vacated / Remanded February 28,2025In August 2020,the Board determined that new and material evidence had been received to reopen the claim for service connection for a cervical spine disorder, and the Board remande...
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Case 08-2236 — UnknownRichard 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...
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Case 22-0257 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated April 24,2023On November 26,2021,the Board found that new and relevant evidence had not been submitted to warrant readjudication of the claims for disability compensation for tinnitus and erect...
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Case 24-0638 — Vacated / Remanded March 24,2025The appellant argues that the Board erred by (1)failing to address favorable evidence and to lay a proper foundation for denying service connection for tinnitus;(2)failing to discu...
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Case 91-1288 — Unknown May 27, 1994KRAMER, 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...
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Case 21-0372 — Vacated / Remanded April 4,2022Also,in denying a higher rating for coronary artery disease,the Board noted that the appellant's reporting of his symptoms is credible....
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Case 13-1457 — Vacated / Remanded June 11,2014In a February 2003 rating decision,the RO explained that service connection for a bilateral shoulder condition had been denied in March 1995 and that the appellant had not submitte...
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Case 16-2334 — Vacated / Remanded December 7,2017The appellant expressly asked VA why it did not consider her right hip labral tear a disability separate from her right hip bursitis....
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Case 21-1135 — Reversed July 25,2022The Board noted that the August 2019 examiner considered the [v]eteran's contentions that he injured his neck while in service and that he still had symptoms....
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Case 07-0911 — Affirmed / Remanded December 30,2008Griffin,through counsel,appeals a December 18,2006,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board or BVA)decision in which the Board denied his claims for entitlement to service connection for a...
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Case 17-0010 — Vacated / Remanded January 31,2018The examiner determined that the lumbar strain and left 2 knee strain were at least as likely as not related to service,but found that the degenerative disc disease of the lumbar s...
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Case 16-3738 — Affirmed February 6,2018In July 2007, the appellant underwent another VA examination with the same examiner, who diagnosed the appellant with lumbosacral strain with minimal arthritis and reiterated his o...
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Case 24-0052 — Vacated / Remanded July 9,2025The appellant argues that the Board erred by relying on June 2022 and January 2023 medical opinions,which were inadequate because the examiners did not address his lay statements r...
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Case 12-3354 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded April 15,2014In the September 2012 decision on appeal�discussed in greater detail below�the Board denied (1)a request to reopen a claim for compensation under 38 U....
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Case 06-0122 — Vacated / Remanded September 17, 2008Treadaway appeals through counsel a September 20, 2005, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied entitlement to VA benefits for arthritis and bursitis ...
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Case 20-4067 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed May 5,2022In October 2006,the Board denied entitlement to higher disability ratings for the appellant's right shoulder disabilities....
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Case 20-2734 — Unknown November 29,20212 In the March 2020 decision on appeal, the Board found that Ms....
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Case 07-1699 — Affirmed / Vacated February 3,2009Melo ,appeals a May 24,2007,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied her claims for (1) entitlement to service connection for the cause of her husband's ...
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Case 23-4815 — Vacated / Remanded October 15,2024He underwent a VA examination in November 2015 1 ;the examiner diagnosed bilateral shoulder strains and opined that the conditions are not related to service....
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Case 17-0731 — Affirmed / Remanded April 23,2018The examiner also concluded that the appellant's urinary frequency is not related to her back disability....
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Case 21-0365 — Unknown May 27,2022He also explained that the veteran's left shoulder condition was caused by use of a cane to stabilize a gait abnormality created by the left ankle injury and opined that both condi...
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Case 14-2557 — Affirmed June 30,2015With respect to his cervical spine disability,he contends that the Board misapplied the benefit of the doubt doctrine, mischaracterized the evidence,and erred in making an adverse ...
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Case 97-192 — Vacated / Remanded February 15, 2000Trilles appeals a November 14, 1996, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision that determined that no new and material evidence had been presented to reopen a decision under 38 ...
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Case 17-4070 — Remanded / Vacated November 19,2018SCHOELEN, Judge :The appellant, Hiram Pedraza-Torres , through counsel,appeals an August 25,2017,Board of Veteran's Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connec...
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Case 22-2229 — Unknown October 30,2023Based on the evaluation,the examiner determined that the claimed cervical spine condition is less likely than not related to military service....
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Case 07-1396 — Remanded / Vacated / Affirmed June 11, 2009Because the Board erred in determining that VA fulfilled its duty to assist by providing an adequate medical examination, the Court will vacate that portion of the March 2007 Board...
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Case 17-1569 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed October 10,2018Rodgers , through counsel appeals a January 30,2017,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that found that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen a previously...
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Case 22-0968 — Vacated / Remanded October 31,2023The Board found the veteran not competent to provide a link between her current low back disability and her service, but did not address her March 2017 Notice of Disagreement repor...
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Case 11-2345 — Vacated / Remanded August 30,2013On October 2,1980,the Board denied the appellant's headache claim....
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Case 95-454 — VacatedFurthermore, 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...
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Case 09-4736 — Affirmed July 22,2011,through counsel,appeals a September 1,2009,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied entitlement to service connection for the residuals of a right clav...
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Case 19-0200 — Vacated / Affirmed March 31,2020,appeals through counsel a September 12,2018,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision finding no new and material evidence sufficient to reopen previously denied claims for servic...
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Case 10-0497 — Affirmed November 21,2011,appeals through counsel a January 22,2010,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted sufficient to reopen the ...
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Case 13-1123 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated March 27,20151 The Board decision also found that there was new and material evidence to reopen the appellant's claim for bilateral hearing loss and granted disability compensation for bilatera...
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Case 92-622 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded March 6, 1995The 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...
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Case 06-0019 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed November 19, 2007In the December 2005 decision here on appeal, the Board determined that there was no CUE in the 1992 RO decision that assigned a single evaluation for residuals of head and neck in...
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Case 18-6256 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded November 16,2021at 4155 (Substantive Appeal),and in 1983, the Board denied the claims,R....
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Case 01-467 — Affirmed / Reversed / Remanded / Vacated October 22, 2003First, 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...
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Case 20-7109 — Unknown June 28,2022In its June 2020 decision,the Board determined that the appellant's cervical spine condition is not causally or etiologically due to service,nor is it proximately due to or aggrava...
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Case 09-1386 — Affirmed / Remanded April 6,2011He argues that VA failed in its duty to assist because May 2006 VA examination he was provided for his hypertension claim was inadequate, because the VA failed to obtain records fr...
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Case 24-0585 — Unknown January 22,2025November 2023 Board Decision In the November 2023 decision on appeal,the Board denied service connection for a lumbar spine disability,finding that it did not manifest in service o...
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Case 09-4211 — Remanded / Affirmed May 27,2011The challenged Board decision further determined that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for a torn lateral meni...
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Case 96-536 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded April 12, 1999On June 9, 1989, the Board denied service connection for Meniere's disease....
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Case 22-2326 — Vacated / Remanded August 21,2023The examiner opined that his right shoulder disability was not related to service or his service-connected left shoulder disability....
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Case 23-6946 — Reversed / Vacated / Remanded September 24,2025The RO found that the evidence did not show that the appellant had incurred a cervical spine disability during his in-service MVA and that any present disability was not related to...
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Case 09-0610 — Affirmed January 21,2011ANALYSIS A Board determination of the appropriate degree of disability under the rating code is a finding of fact subject to the clearly erroneous standard of review....
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Case 14-3797 — Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated June 30, 2016Hall argues that remand is warranted because the Board (1)relied on inadequate medical opinions,(2)failed to consider continuing symptomatology,(3)provided inadequate reasons or ba...
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Case 93-1013 — Vacated / Remanded / Reversed August 10, 1994The 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...