The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral hip pain is secondary to his service-connected right knee disability and remands this issue for further development. The skin cancer claim related to herbicide exposure remains pending.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's bilateral hip pain is found to be secondary to his service-connected right knee disability, warranting a secondary service connection determination.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee, Bilateral Hip
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19192561
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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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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected TBI, bilateral knees, left metatarsal avulsion residuals, left wrist condition, and migraines are being remanded for further evaluation due to the potential worsening of these conditions.,The Veteran's rib/sternum condition, left ankle condition, bilateral shoulder conditions, insomnia, and kidney condition (claimed as rhabdomyolysis) are also being remanded for further evaluation.
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