The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to assess the severity of his right knee disabilities and bilateral hearing loss. The issues regarding increased ratings for his left hip conditions are also being remanded.
The deciding factor: The claims require further evidence and evaluation due to recent developments in the Veteran's case.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee osteoarthritis status post surgery with scar, right knee ligament injury with instability, left hip condition associated with degenerative arthritis of the right hip, left hip limitation of flexion, left hip limitation in adduction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2017
- Citation
- 1738755
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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 several claims for further action, including effective date determinations and service connection determinations. The Veteran's service records from Portsmouth Naval Hospital are requested to be obtained.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional evidence is needed and a new examination is required to properly assess the Veteran's service-connected left hip disability, as well as remand for an HLR informal conference.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his bilateral hip disabilities due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The AOJ must obtain another VA examination and opinion to assess the severity of the Veteran's hip disabilities in the absence of medication use.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for left hip limitations of abduction, extension, and flexion are remanded due to the inadequacy of a previous VA examination.
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