The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated medical records and scheduling the Veteran for a C&P examination to assess the severity of her hip disabilities.
The deciding factor: VA needs to ensure that all relevant evidence has been considered and that proper examinations are conducted to determine the current severity of the Veteran's hip disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right hip injury, residuals of left hip injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2011
- Citation
- 1141350
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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 remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including right shoulder injury, left hip injury, right hamstring muscle injury, left ankle sprain, neck disorder with headaches, back pain disorder, and chest pain disorder. The VA will provide additional examinations to determine if these conditions are related to service.
- 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: Granted
The Veteran's claim to reopen service connection for residuals of a right hip injury (claimed as pulled pelvic joint) is granted. Service connection for this condition is denied.
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