The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for service-connected right hip DJD and for TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities. The claims are being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling an appropriate VA examination.
The deciding factor: The claims are being remanded because the current examinations do not provide sufficient information regarding the severity of the Veteran's right hip DJD during flare-ups, which is necessary to determine a compensable rating. Additionally, the TDIU claim is being remanded as it is inextricably intertwined with the right hip DJD claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19193242
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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.
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