BVA Decisions on Shoulder

106 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 19-0001 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2018-09-04
  A May 2009 private nexus opinion notes that [d]ue to the impossibility to use [the right] arm the appellant....
• CAVCCase 96-1214 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 1999-02-11
  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 23-2243 — Remanded 2023-03-28
  The 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...
• CAVCCase 22-1071 — Vacated 2021-10-26
  October 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...
• CAVCCase 20-2118 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2020-02-04
  VA 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...
• CAVCCase 23-5618 — Affirmed 2024-11-25
  McDonough ,the appellant argues that remand is required for the Board to use the correct test for 'employment in a protected environment,'that his employment did or did not shield ...
• CAVCCase 24-7325 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2025-12-11
  The 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 ...
• CAVCCase 11-0325 — Affirmed 2011-01-03
  The appellant appears to argue that the Board's determinations that he was not entitled to VA benefits for a left knee disability,sling palsy,and trauma to the left side of the wai...
• CAVCCase 24-4510 — Unknown 2025-09-09
  PIETSCH, Judge : the appellant ,through counsel,appeals an April 4, 2024,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that (1) denied service connection for upper extremity neurologic...
• CAVCCase 19-2504 — Unknown 2018-12-18
  The appellant , 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 bilatera...
• CAVCCase 93-1220 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 1996-08-01
  In a September 1978 BVA decision, the Board denied service connection for a back disability....
• CAVCCase 15-3657 — Remanded / Vacated / Reversed / Affirmed 2015-05-28
  Finally,the Board denied effective dates earlier than March 5,2009,for the grants of service connection for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus....
• CAVCCase 14-0138 — Vacated / Remanded 2013-12-27
  In 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...
• CAVCCase 21-3714 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2021-04-12
  In 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 ...
• CAVCCase 08-0816 — Remanded / Vacated 1953-07-25
  The appellant , 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 bila...
• CAVCCase 23-6519 — Granted 2025-01-17
  In an April 2003 rating decision,the RO found no new and material evidence to reopen a claim for a right knee condition....
• CAVCCase 21-0347 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2020-09-29
  The examiner is notified that findings of not due to, not caused by, and not related to are insufficient to address the question of aggravation....
• CAVCCase 23-0038 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2022-05-09
  In response to a claim received on March 15,2018, 4 a VA regional office (RO) denied service connection for both diabetes and anxiety based on a lack of new and material evidence,a...
• CAVCCase 23-4298 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2024-06-06
  Additionally,the Board awarded disability compensation for pseudofolliculitis barbae and found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen claims for disability com...
• CAVCCase 21-7788 — Vacated / Remanded 2021-08-13
  The RO also denied the petition to reopen the claim for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and explained that the evidence submitted in connection with the current cla...
• CAVCCase 18-1440 — Affirmed 2017-11-28
  The RO also determined that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen a claim for disability compensation for a personality disorder,previously claimed as a mental...
• CAVCCase 24-293 — Remanded 2025-05-30
  Specifically,the Board noted that the appellant reported to have received treatment for all his claim conditions at Munson Army Health Center in Ft....
• CAVCCase 18-5936 — Remanded / Vacated 2018-07-02
  l the negative clinical opinions of record that found that appellant's right shoulder disability is not service connected....
• CAVCCase 94-1080 — Affirmed / Vacated 1996-11-26
  Subsequently, the RO and then the Board denied service connection for residuals of a head injury....
• CAVCCase 24-2877 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2025-05-23
  The 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 ...
• CAVCCase 22-411 — Vacated / Remanded 2021-09-26
  The appellant , through counsel,appeals a September 26,2021,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for (1)a lumbar spine disability;...
• CAVCCase 22-2282 — Affirmed 2022-03-21
  The appellant underwent a VA examination in March 2013;the examiner diagnosed cervical spondylytic myelopathy and opined that the condition was not related to service....
• CAVCCase 04-0584 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed / Reversed 2009-10-02
  In my opinion he is allergic to certain paints and vapo[r]and these occa[s]ional respiratory symptoms are not related to the exposure of fumes in Gulf War....
• CAVCCase 23-3986 — Remanded 2024-07-19
  July 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...
• CAVCCase 15-2247 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2015-05-14
  The appellant ,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 aft...
• CAVCCase 11-1074 — Vacated / Remanded 2011-01-14
  Based 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...
• CAVCCase 14-0635 — Affirmed 2014-01-02
  He contends that VA failed to satisfy its duty to assist him by gathering relevant documents and providing an adequate medical nexus opinion....
• CAVCCase 20-3257 — Unknown 2020-02-06
  LAURER, Judge : United States Army veteran appeals,through counsel,a February 6,2020,Board of Veterans�Appeals (Board)decision determining that there was no new and material eviden...
• CAVCCase 12-2187 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2012-03-21
  The appellant's current hearing loss was less likely as not related to or caused by in-service noise exposure....
• CAVCCase 23-3939 — Vacated / Remanded 2025-02-28
  In 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...
• Fed. Cir.Case 08-2236 — Unknown 2011-09-15
  The appellant 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”) ha...
• CAVCCase 22-0257 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated 2021-11-26
  On 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...
• CAVCCase 24-0638 — Vacated / Remanded 2025-03-24
  The 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...
• CAVCCase 91-1288 — Unknown 1945-12-10
  KRAMER, Judge: the appellant appeals the April 15, 1991, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which determined that new and material evidence had not been subm...
• CAVCCase 09-3181 — Vacated / Affirmed 2009-04-30
  Because the Board failed to ensure compliance with its September 2007 remand order regarding the appellant....
• CAVCCase 07-0764 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated 2007-02-01
  Initially,the Court notes that it lacks jurisdiction over the claims for a skin disorder,bilateral hearing loss,increased ratings for an undiagnosed illness manifested by joint pai...
• CAVCCase 15-4758 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2015-08-24
  The Board also granted the appellant's claim for entitlement to service connection for bilateral tinnitus and assigned a disability rating of 10%and reopened and remanded his claim...
• CAVCCase 18-6734 — Affirmed 2018-11-01
  In the decision here on appeal the Board denied service connection for each of the claimed conditions....
• CAVCCase 21-0372 — Vacated / Remanded 2020-10-07
  Also,in denying a higher rating for coronary artery disease,the Board noted that the appellant's reporting of his symptoms is credible....
• CAVCCase 22-1013 — Unknown 2021-12-20
  The examiner therefore opined that the veteran's bilateral hand pain was less likely than not related to his in- service complaints....
• CAVCCase 11-2889 — Affirmed 2011-08-05
  Specifically,the Board denied (1)the PTSD claim because there was no evidence of a diagnosis of PTSD (R....
• CAVCCase 13-1457 — Vacated / Remanded 2013-03-19
  In 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...
• CAVCCase 16-2334 — Vacated / Remanded 2016-04-12
  The appellant expressly asked VA why it did not consider her right hip labral tear a disability separate from her right hip bursitis....
• CAVCCase 21-1135 — Reversed 2021-01-07
  The 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....
• CAVCCase 22-0960 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2021-11-24
  Later that month,VA simply found that no new and material evidence was submitted to reopen a previously denied head injury claim....
• CAVCCase 07-0911 — Affirmed / Remanded 2006-12-18
  The appellant,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...
• CAVCCase 17-0010 — Vacated / Remanded 2016-09-07
  The 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...
• CAVCCase 16-3738 — Affirmed 2016-10-13
  In 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...
• CAVCCase 24-0052 — Vacated / Remanded 2025-07-09
  The 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...
• CAVCCase 12-3354 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2012-09-25
  In 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....
• CAVCCase 06-0122 — Vacated / Remanded 2005-09-20
  The appellant 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 bursi...
• CAVCCase 20-4067 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2020-04-22
  In October 2006,the Board denied entitlement to higher disability ratings for the appellant's right shoulder disabilities....
• CAVCCase 20-2734 — Unknown 2020-03-03
  2 In the March 2020 decision on appeal, the Board found that the appellant....
• CAVCCase 07-1699 — Affirmed / Vacated 2007-05-24
  The appellant ,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 h...
• CAVCCase 23-4815 — Vacated / Remanded 2024-10-15
  He underwent a VA examination in November 2015 1 ;the examiner diagnosed bilateral shoulder strains and opined that the conditions are not related to service....
• CAVCCase 17-0731 — Affirmed / Remanded 2017-02-06
  The examiner also concluded that the appellant's urinary frequency is not related to her back disability....
• CAVCCase 21-0365 — Unknown 2020-11-05
  He 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...
• CAVCCase 14-2557 — Affirmed 2014-05-15
  With 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 ...
• CAVCCase 06-1930 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2006-03-10
  Because the Board failed to provide adequate reasons or bases for its denial of a disability rating in excess of 40% for degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine and sacroili...
• CAVCCase 19-2158 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2019-01-10
  To the extent that the Board denied entitlement to an effective date earlier than February 4,2007,for the 50%rating for PTSD,the appellant raises no arguments challenging that deci...
• CAVCCase 23-6142 — Remanded 2025-03-21
  For the reasons that follow,the Court will vacate the part of the Board's decision that denied an initial disability rating higher than 30%for headaches and failed to consider a to...
• CAVCCase 97-192 — Vacated / Remanded 2000-02-15
  The appellant 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 und...
• CAVCCase 17-4070 — Remanded / Vacated 2017-08-25
  SCHOELEN, Judge :the appellant , through counsel,appeals an August 25,2017,Board of Veteran's Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for the left shou...
• CAVCCase 22-2229 — Unknown 2021-12-20
  Based on the evaluation,the examiner determined that the claimed cervical spine condition is less likely than not related to military service....
• CAVCCase 19-5367 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2019-04-16
  1 For the reasons that follow, the Court will set aside 1 In the same decision,the Board denied service connection for sleep apnea and a toenail fungus; denied entitlement to an in...
• CAVCCase 07-1396 — Remanded / Vacated / Affirmed 2007-03-21
  Because 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...
• CAVCCase 17-1569 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2017-01-30
  The appellant , 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 prev...
• CAVCCase 19-3131 — Unknown 2019-04-04
  In the same decision,the Board found that there was new and material evidenceto reopen a claim of serviceconnection for arthritis of the bilateral hands....
• CAVCCase 22-0968 — Vacated / Remanded 2021-05-28
  The 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...
• CAVCCase 11-2345 — Vacated / Remanded 2011-04-28
  On October 2,1980,the Board denied the appellant's headache claim....
• Fed. Cir.Case 95-454 — Vacated 2006-02-10
  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 09-4736 — Affirmed 2009-09-01
  ,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...
• CAVCCase 19-0200 — Vacated / Affirmed 2018-09-12
  ,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...
• CAVCCase 10-0497 — Affirmed 2010-01-22
  ,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 ...
• CAVCCase 18-0323 — Vacated / Remanded 2017-09-21
  The Board determined that a VA examination to evaluate the etiology of the right ankle disability and an addendum medical opinion as to whether there is clear and unmistakable evid...