The appeal is remanded to the RO for a Travel Board hearing.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a Travel Board hearing, and this must be provided as per his request.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip strain with degenerative joint disease, right hip strain with degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0907598
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the case to obtain a retrospective opinion from an orthopedist addressing the presence and level of right hip ankylosis throughout the initial rating period.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a new examination with an orthopedist to assess the functional impairment resulting from the Veteran's service-connected right hip strain with degenerative joint disease.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right lower extremity sciatica associated with the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral spine strain, but remanded claims for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and sleep apnea.
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