The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for further development due to inadequate consideration of medical evidence and failure to consider lay symptoms in evaluating his hip disability. The TDIU claim is also being remanded.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not adequately address the Veteran's lay reports of pain, weakness, fatigue, and difficulty walking with his service-connected hip, thigh, and hearing disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Right femur disability, Bilateral hip disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2018
- Citation
- 1801469
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hip disability, right hand sprain, back DJD, neck DJD, bilateral knee DJD, bilateral foot pain, DM II, and OSA as the evidence did not support a finding of a current disability or a nexus to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands several issues for further development, including service connection claims and an earlier effective date claim.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a back disability, identified as spondylolysis at the L5-S1 disc spaces, intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), thoracic spine strain, and left lower extremity radiculopathy. The claims for bilateral hip disability and an acquired psychiatric disability were remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral hip disability due to insufficient evidence of a current disability and no in-service incurrence or aggravation.
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