The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to determine the current severity of her right and left hip disabilities, including a possible revision surgery on the right hip.
The deciding factor: The Veteran underwent surgical treatment of her right hip since the last examination, which may have affected the current level of disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Injury, Left Hip Injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2012
- Citation
- 1244109
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for a right hip injury and a right shoulder injury due to new and relevant evidence. The issues are now remanded for further review.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for right hip injury, right knee condition, and right leg injury due to insufficient medical opinions addressing the Veteran's in-service injuries and their current conditions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left hip injury, finding that his current diagnosis of trochanteric bursitis is at least as likely as not related to direct and indirect trauma from hazing during service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a right hip injury, finding that the Veteran's current condition did not have its onset during his active service and was not otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
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