The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including new VA examinations and consideration of extraschedular rating for the right hip disability.
The deciding factor: The decision requires further examination to determine current severity of service-connected left and right hip disabilities and whether an extraschedular rating is warranted for the right hip disability.
- Claimed conditions
- status post left hip arthroplasty, residuals of stress fracture right hip with degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2014
- Citation
- 1422761
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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 determined that the Veteran's left hip osteoarthritis, status post left hip arthroplasty, began during service and is related to his military service. As such, service connection for this condition is granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and eligibility for specially adapted housing due to incomplete information in his medical records. The Veteran is currently receiving a combined 100% disability rating, but does not meet the criteria for special home adaptation grant eligibility.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for his service-connected left hip arthroplasty and right hip stress fracture with degenerative arthritis have been dismissed as the Veteran has withdrawn them.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current left hip disability, including arthritis and hip replacement, is related to his active service. The claim for entitlement to service connection for a left hip disability is granted.
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