The Veteran's arthritis of the hips and back, characterized as DISH, is granted service connection. The TDIU claim is remanded due to need for a rating decision on the service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on permanent aggravation by diabetes mellitus type II.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the hips and back, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 8, 2018
- Citation
- 18149055
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new VA opinion to determine if the Veteran's DISH is caused by or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new VA opinion to address whether the Veteran's DISH is caused by or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new VA opinion to determine if the Veteran's DISH is caused by or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions and failure to consider lay statements regarding continuity of symptomatology.
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