The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left knee disorders and right and left hip disorders, to include as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral foot disability, for additional development of the evidence.
The deciding factor: Additional VA examination is necessary due to new evidence suggesting a possible nexus between the Veteran's service-connected foot disorder and his current symptoms of hip and knee pain.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip disorder, left hip disorder, right knee disorder, left knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0908890
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
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