The Board has decided to remand the cases for further examination and opinion regarding whether the Veteran's right hip condition and thyroid disability are related to service or secondary to a pre-existing condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not adequately address the Veteran’s statements about continuity of symptoms and her relationship with her service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip degenerative joint disease, multinodular goiter
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2018
- Citation
- 18144694
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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: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for all issues related to service connection, including chronic right foot metatarsalgia at digit 3,4,5, left shoulder bicep tendonitis, right hip degenerative joint disease, hypertension, right shoulder bicep tendonitis, headaches, left hip degenerative joint disease, and atrial fibrillation with residual non ischemic cardiomyopathy.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected hypothyroidism, multinodular goiter, and thyroid follicular lesion of undetermined significance was denied. The effective date remains the date of receipt of the VA Form 21-526EZ, November 7, 2024.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to inadequate medical opinions and inextricably intertwined issues.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's hyperthyroidism with thyroid enlargement, thyroiditis and multinodular goiter is related to service exposure during his tours in Iraq. The Board found the evidence at least in equipoise and granted service connection.
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