The Board has determined that the current VA examination for the appellant's hip disabilities is not sufficiently contemporaneous to determine their current status, and therefore a new VA examination is needed.
The deciding factor: The most recent VA examination was conducted more than five years ago, and there is evidence indicating that the appellant's service-connected hip disabilities may have worsened since then.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip pain, left hip pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 22, 2011
- Citation
- 1127472
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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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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
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