The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right hip and back disorders due to conflicting evidence regarding their onset during service.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on conflicting medical opinions about whether the current diagnoses are related to service, particularly given the lack of a definitive diagnosis in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Osteoarthritis, Lumbar Spondylosis with Intervertebral Disc Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19165090
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus, type II, right hip osteoarthritis, left hip osteoarthritis, and right knee disability. These conditions are causally related to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities with obesity as an intermediate step.
- Denied
The Veteran is rendered unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment due to service-connected knee and lumbar spine disabilities from October 2, 2015 to December 1, 2015, June 20, 2016 to September 1, 2016, July 19, 2017 to September 1, 2018, and April 10, 2019 to June 1, 2019.
- Granted
The Veteran's right hip osteoarthritis with limitation of flexion is rated at 20 percent, which is the highest rating available under Diagnostic Code 5252. The ratings for limitation of extension and instability are granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right hip osteoarthritis is currently rated as noncompensable, and the Board finds no basis for a higher rating during the appeal period.,For his left hip osteoarthritis prior to December 6, 2017, the Veteran was not granted an increased disability rating.
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