The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right hip and knee injuries. The Veteran claims these conditions are related to an in-service injury, but a VA examination is needed to determine if there is a link between service and his current disabilities.
The deciding factor: The claim lacks sufficient medical evidence to establish a connection between the claimed conditions and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Injury, Right Knee Injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 26, 2018
- Citation
- 18121605
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The September 2006 rating decision denied service connection for a fractured femur and granted service connection for a right knee injury, attributing the latter to permanent aggravation of an existing condition during service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss is denied.,The Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for right knee injury is remanded due to a duty to assist error.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for a right hip injury and a right shoulder injury due to new and relevant evidence. The issues are now remanded for further review.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation as of April 1, 2021.
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