The veteran claims service connection for a preexisting bilateral hip and leg disorder that was aggravated by his active service. The Board has ordered further development to determine the nature of the disability, its etiology, and whether it is related to service.
The deciding factor: Further examination is needed to clarify the nature of the veteran's bilateral hip and leg disorders and their relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hip and leg disorder
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2007
- Citation
- 0717238
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a bilateral hip and leg disorder as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected fracture of coccyx with chronic coccydynia, finding that the evidence supports this relationship.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's bilateral hip and leg disorder is secondary to his service-connected coccyx fracture.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for bilateral hip and leg disorder and left shoulder disorder are denied as there is no evidence of a current disability related to service or service-connected conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right shoulder disability and migraines/chronic headaches are remanded for additional development due to insufficient opinions on the etiology of her conditions.
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