The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated VA and private treatment records, verifying his employment history, and scheduling medical examinations. The claims of service connection for low back and sacroiliac joint disabilities (claimed as a right hip disability) are also remanded to determine if the current conditions are caused or aggravated by his service-connected right knee disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current low back and sacroiliac joint conditions may be related to his service-connected right knee disability, but this needs further evaluation from an examiner.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back, Sacroiliac joint
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19179280
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Decisions by this judge: 2,592 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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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).
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