The Board has determined that the August 2019 decision dismissing the appeals for service connection for bilateral hip arthritis and bilateral knee arthritis contained an error, denying due process to the Appellant. The case is being remanded for further review.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were denied due to a failure of due process in the original decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hip Condition (claimed as bilateral hip arthritis), Bilateral Knee Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19189057
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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
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