The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for right hip tendonitis and TDIU due to the need for additional development, including an updated VA examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further evidence and clarification of the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected right hip tendonitis.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19163867
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right hip condition, finding that there is no persuasive evidence to support the claim and concluding that the current disability did not begin during active service or is otherwise related to an in-service injury.
- Granted
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- Denied
The Veteran's right and left hip tendonitis are currently rated at 10 percent, but the Board finds that they do not warrant a higher rating based on the evidence of record.
- Granted
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