The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for right hip disability and right and left knee disabilities due to insufficient evidence in the record. The Veteran will need to undergo additional examinations to determine if his current conditions are related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The initial VA examination opinions were inadequate as they did not consider the Veteran’s reports of pain during and after service, nor did they address whether the in-service parachute jumps could have caused delayed-onset arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Disability, Right Knee Disabilities, Left Knee Disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19183376
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
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