The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain updated VA treatment records and to schedule the Veteran for a new VA examination to assess her right hip disability, as the previous examination did not comply with the requirements of Correia v. McDonald (2016) and Sharp v. Shulkin (2017).
The deciding factor: The remand is required due to the inadequacies in the previous VA examination report.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip sacral stress fracture, Right hip stress fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19185688
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
- Partly granted
The appeal for an initial disability rating greater than 10 percent for a right hip stress fracture was denied, while the claims for service connection for an eye condition and residuals from a traumatic brain injury were remanded.
- Granted
Service connection is granted for right hip stress fracture, posttraumatic DJD of the right hip.,Service connection is granted for left hip stress fracture, posttraumatic DJD of the left hip.,Service connection is granted for PTSD, persistent depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder (also claimed as panic disorder) due to personal trauma (PT).,Service connection is granted for tinnitus.,Service connection is granted for cervicothoracic pain with right upper extremity radicular pain and weakness.,Service connection is granted for traumatic brain injury residuals.,Service connection is granted for brain aneurysm.,Service connection is granted for low back pain.,Service connection is granted for cephalgia (headaches).
- Denied
The Veteran's right wrist disability was granted a 10% rating prior to April 10, 2014, and denied for higher ratings thereafter.,For the right hip disability, no increased rating is warranted.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for her right hip sacral stress fracture have been denied as the evidence does not support a higher rating based on limitation of motion.
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