The Board has granted service connection for a right hip condition. However, the issues of service connection for low back and bilateral leg pain secondary to the right hip disability are remanded due to insufficient medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not address whether the low back and bilateral leg pain conditions were caused or aggravated by the service-connected right hip condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Condition, Low Back Condition, Bilateral Leg Pain
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2018
- Citation
- 18135096
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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
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