The Board has ordered a remand for the veteran to be afforded another VA examination to determine if her arthritis of the hips is related to her military service or caused by her service-connected knee disabilities. The case will then be readjudicated based on this new evidence.
The deciding factor: The July 2007 VA examiner did not adequately address the instructions from the June 2007 remand regarding the relationship between the veteran's arthritis of the hips and her military service or service-connected knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the hips
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2008
- Citation
- 0806887
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The appeal for a compensable rating for right ear hearing loss was denied, and the appeals for service connection for arthritis of the hips, sleep apnea, respiratory condition (including asthma), and tinnitus were dismissed.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's claimed conditions and their relationship to service. The issues of entitlement to service connection for various gastrointestinal and hip disabilities are being reviewed again.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for pneumonia has been dismissed as the claim was recharacterized and granted in a previous rating decision.,Service connection for heart arrhythmia is denied. The Board found that there is no persuasive weight of evidence to support the Veteran's contention that his current condition is related to military service.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for arthritis of the hands, hips, legs and ankles, to include as secondary to medications prescribed for service-connected residuals of breast cancer and/or Graves' disease is dismissed.
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