The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's hip and thigh disabilities due to a lack of recent medical examination.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran’s contentions of increased symptomatology warranted a contemporaneous VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- limitation of abduction of the right hip, limitation of abduction of the left hip, limitation of flexion of the right thigh, limitation of flexion of the left thigh, limitation of extension of the right thigh, limitation of extension of the left thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19146476
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for earlier effective dates related to various left and right hip, knee, shoulder, and other conditions as they were freestanding claims not continuously pursued from the initial rating decisions.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for left trochanteric calcific bursitis, limitation of extension of the left thigh, and limitation of flexion of the left thigh.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of November 8, 2020, for the award of service connection for various disabilities including cervical spine stenosis, degenerative arthritis, IVDS status post fusion surgery with residuals, right and left shoulder strains and degenerative arthritis status post joint replacement with residuals, right and left knee strains and degenerative arthritis status post joint replacement with residuals, left hip degenerative arthritis, limitation of extension of the right thigh, limitation of abduction of the right thigh, limitation of extension of the left thigh, and limitation of abduction of the left thigh.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's knee and hip disabilities, granted a 20% rating for right knee semilunar cartilage condition and left knee semilunar cartilage condition, and denied service connection for hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus.
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