The Board has determined that additional development is necessary for the Veteran's bilateral hip claim, including obtaining an addendum opinion from a VA examiner to address whether any diagnosed right and left hip disability at least as likely as not was caused by the service-connected bilateral pes planus.
The deciding factor: Additional development is needed due to the inadequacy of the May 2013 VA examination report, which did not provide sufficient information regarding the Veteran's hip disabilities or their relationship to his service-connected bilateral pes planus.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hip disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2015
- Citation
- 1541509
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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