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 assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2018
- Citation
- 18144694
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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
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