The Veteran seeks service connection for bilateral hip replacements. The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient examination and need for a new opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's initial conclusion was not supported by sufficient findings or rationale, necessitating a new examination to determine the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral hip replacement.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hip replacements
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2012
- Citation
- 1204244
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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: Granted
The Veteran's chest scar as a residual of a stab wound, right ear hearing loss disability, back disability, bilateral hip replacements, and supraventricular arrhythmia, AICD, and valvular heart disease with mitral and tricuspid regurgitation are all granted. The claims for service connection have been remanded due to insufficient evidence.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for higher ratings for bilateral hip replacements and an earlier effective date for a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities has been dismissed.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral hip replacements, finding that his current disabilities were not caused or aggravated by his service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a service connection for any of the claimed disabilities, including back injury, facial injury, sinus cavity disability, jaw disability (to include teeth extraction), and bilateral hip replacements.
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