The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence and the Veteran's failure to appear for a VA examination. The case is returned to the AOJ for additional development, including obtaining all current VA treatment records and scheduling an examination if the Veteran agrees.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because the Veteran did not appear for a scheduled VA examination and there are insufficient clinical records of her treatment at the Pensacola, Florida VA medical facility.
- Claimed conditions
- right trochanter bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20007924
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,435 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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
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