The Board has ordered additional development due to the inadequacy of a previous VA examination. The Veteran's right hip and bilateral ankle conditions are being evaluated again with an aim towards determining their etiology.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner will review the claims file, conduct a physical examination, and provide individual opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's current identified disabilities and his period of military service.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip degenerative changes, post traumatic changes in right hip, bilateral ankle sprain with post traumatic changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2017
- Citation
- 1750365
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 70 percent for depressive disorder, but remanded claims for ratings in excess of 10 percent for right and left hip degenerative changes, initial compensable ratings for thigh limitations, and TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left hip disabilities, as well as his claim for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities. The claims are being remanded because further medical opinions are needed regarding the etiology of the hip disabilities and whether they were aggravated by service-connected low back disability.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for cervical spine disability, right hip disability, left knee disability, and right knee disability. The claim of service connection for acquired psychiatric disorder was also denied.,Service connection could not be established as the Veteran did not have a current disability that began during or was related to his military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a right knee disability, thoracolumbar spine disability, and bilateral ankle disabilities. Service connection is also granted for right hip degenerative changes and post traumatic changes. The appeal is denied for the right hip disability.
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