The Veteran's claim for service connection for postoperative residuals of a left hip hemiarthroplasty is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining more recent VA treatment records and providing an opinion on whether his service-connected disabilities caused or aggravated his hip condition.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence is needed to determine if the Veteran's service-connected disabilities caused or aggravated his left hip disability.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of left hip hemiarthroplasty, shell fragment wound of left foot, scar on left foot with amputation of middle toe, osteomyelitis of left foot, left ankle limitation of motion
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 18, 2012
- Citation
- 1217840
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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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