The Veteran is seeking to establish service connection for avascular necrosis of the left hip as secondary to his service-connected coronary artery disease with residual left ventricular hypertrophy, and also seeks an earlier effective date for his service connection and a higher initial rating.
The deciding factor: The appeal involves establishing service connection based on secondary service connection criteria and seeking an earlier effective date and increased rating for the service-connected condition of coronary artery disease with residual left ventricular hypertrophy.
- Claimed conditions
- avascular necrosis, left hip, coronary artery disease with residual left ventricular hypertrophy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2015
- Citation
- 1513704
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for avascular necrosis of the hips due to a duty-to-assist error and because the Veteran participated in a TERA. The AOJ is instructed to obtain private treatment records and provide a TERA opinion.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right hip avascular necrosis did not manifest during a period of active duty service and therefore, cannot be granted on a presumptive basis. Additionally, because his left hip avascular necrosis was severed in an August 2015 rating decision, secondary service connection for the right hip condition is also denied.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
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