The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the current severity of the Veteran's right hip disability. The Veteran needs a new VA examination to assess his condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's disability may have increased in severity since the last examination, and a new examination is required for proper assessment.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right hip replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19145721
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 880 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 19145721.
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: Partly granted
The veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and residuals of a right hip replacement were denied. The claim for service connection for a right knee disability was remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's residuals of right and left hip replacements are at least as likely as not related to his active duty service, granting service connection for these conditions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development and an addendum VA medical opinion to address the etiology of the Veteran's ischemic heart disease, as well as service connection for residuals of a right hip replacement secondary to left knee osteoarthritis.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right hip replacement surgery in March 2008 was not a result of his own willful misconduct and there is actual and proximate causation. The decision grants compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for residuals of a right hip replacement.
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