The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a VA examination and additional development of the claims, including consideration of both direct service connection and secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further medical evaluation and development to determine the underlying conditions causing the Veteran's right leg and hip pain and their relationship to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right leg injury, residuals of right hip injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 5, 2011
- Citation
- 1128961
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied increased ratings for left hip replacement due to degenerative arthritis and avascular necrosis, residuals of right hip injury, and PTSD. The case is remanded for a medical opinion on the Veteran's mental health symptoms.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a right-hand injury, residuals of right hip injury, and residuals of thoracolumbar spine disability. The claimant's right leg radiculopathy is also found to be secondary to his thoracolumbar spine disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's residuals of right leg injury, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between his current pain and an in-service motorcycle accident or other incident.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's request to reopen a claim for service connection for tinnitus was denied. Service connection for coronary artery disease (CAD) is also denied, as the evidence does not establish that it is related to his military service or herbicide exposure. The claims of service connection for bilateral shoulder disability and residuals of bilateral leg injury are remanded for further examination. The rating for low back disability and radiculopathy of both lower extremities are also remanded.
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