Citation Nr: 21003335 Decision Date: 01/21/21 Archive Date: 01/21/21 DOCKET NO. 15-00 237 DATE: January 21, 2021 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for a right shoulder disability is remanded. Entitlement to service connection for back pain is remanded. Entitlement to service connection for an eye disability is remanded. Entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as adjustment disorder with depressed mood, is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran had active duty service in the Army from February 2002 to October 2002. He served in the U.S. Naval Reserves from February 2007 to November 2007 and the Puerto Rico National Guard from June 2008 to November 2010. In October 2016, the Veteran withdrew his request for a Board hearing. The Board previously remanded this appeal for additional development in June 2018. A November 2019 Board decision denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, sleep apnea, and bilateral leg cramps. The Board remanded the issues of service connection for a right shoulder disability, service connection for back pain, service connection for an eye disability, and service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder. 1. Entitlement to service connection for a right shoulder disability is remanded. 2. Entitlement to service connection for back pain is remanded. 3. Entitlement to service connection for an eye disability is remanded. 4. Entitlement to service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as adjustment disorder with depressed mood, is remanded. The claims were remanded in November 2019 for medical opinions addressing the claims for service connection for a right shoulder disability, back pain, an eye disability, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. It appears that examinations were requested in August 2020. A November 2020 deferred rating indicated that a rating was deferred pending receipt of the requested examinations that were pending. However, it appears that the medical opinions requested in the November 2019 remand were not obtained. The case is being remanded to obtain medical opinions regarding each of the claims, in compliance with the prior remand. See Stegall v. West, 11 Vet. App. 268, 271 (1998). The matters are REMANDED for the following action: 1. Obtain an addendum opinion from an appropriate clinician regarding whether the Veteran’s right shoulder tendinitis is at least as likely as not related to shoulder pain during service. • The examiner should consider the Veteran’s history of shoulder pain since 2007. 2. Schedule the Veteran for a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any back disability. The examiner must opine whether a current back disability, including back pain, is at least as likely as not related to an in-service injury, event, or disease. • The examiner must consider the Veteran’s complaint of back myalgias in August 2010. 3. Obtain an addendum opinion from an appropriate clinician regarding whether the Veteran’s anxiety disorder is at least as likely as not related to service. • The examiner must review VA treatment records dated in October 2009 and April 2010, which reflect diagnoses of anxiety disorder, not otherwise specified, and probable anxiety. 4. Schedule the Veteran for an examination by an appropriate clinician to determine the nature and etiology of any eye disability. (Continued on the next page)   (a) The examiner must opine whether a current eye disability is at least as likely as not related to an in-service injury, event, or disease, including service in the Persian Gulf. (b) The examiner must opine whether keratoconjunctivitis, which was diagnosed in September 2013, is at least as likely as not related to an in-service injury, event, or disease, including service in the Persian Gulf. A. J. Spector Acting Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney for the Board Catherine Cykowski The Board’s decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.