The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for right and left hip disabilities, as well as lower back and cervical spine disabilities, all secondary to service-connected bilateral knee disabilities. The Veteran will be scheduled for VA examinations to determine the nature and etiology of these conditions.
The deciding factor: VA examinations are required to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran’s claimed disabilities, including their relationship to his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Disability, Left Hip Disability, Lower Back Disability, Cervical Spine Disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20001847
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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