The veteran seeks service connection for left hip and knee disabilities. The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and need for medical opinions.
The deciding factor: Incomplete service records and need for medical opinions regarding the relationship between in-service complaints and current disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- status post bipolar hemiarthroplasty of the left hip, degenerative changes of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2008
- Citation
- 0802641
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded all issues related to the veteran's ratings for various disabilities and TDIU. The Board could not consider certain evidence due to timing rules but will allow the AOJ to consider it.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities, including ratings for chondromalacia patella of the right knee and degenerative changes/degenerative arthritis of the left/right knees. The TDIU issue is also remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded three issues related to the Veteran's left knee and hip disabilities due to inadequate evaluations in previous examinations.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed all appeals for increased ratings and effective date claims related to various conditions, including cervical spine, left upper extremity radiculopathy, posttraumatic degenerative changes of the right ankle, right shoulder rotator cuff strain/tendonitis, degenerative changes of the left knee, degenerative changes of the right knee, sciatic nerve radiculopathies in both lower extremities, and femoral nerve radiculopathy.
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