The Board reopened the claim for service connection for a right hip disorder and remanded all claims to the RO for further development before readjudicating them on the merits.
The deciding factor: The additional evidence provided suggests a correlation between the Veteran's right hip avascular necrosis and his military service, specifically ACDUTRA in 1991.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip disorder (avascular necrosis), cervical spine disorder, bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2009
- Citation
- 0907022
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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