The appeal to reopen a claim of service connection for a right hip disability is granted. The Veteran's right hip trochanteric bursitis is found to be related to her pre-existing injury prior to service, and the claim is remanded for further development regarding costochondritis.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the August 2011 rating decision includes the Veteran’s sworn testimony that she did not injure her right hip prior to service, which raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of service connection for a right hip disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Trochanteric Bursitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2020
- Citation
- 20014775
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right hip trochanteric bursitis and GERD disabilities are being remanded for further evaluation. Service connection is also being remanded for several other conditions.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's claims have been withdrawn by his attorney, and the Board has dismissed all of the appealed issues.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right hip disability, which includes degenerative arthritis, strain, and trochanteric bursitis with a history of total hip arthroplasty, is rated at 50 percent effective March 28, 2011.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right hip trochanteric bursitis and degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine are granted with specific evaluations. The right ankle sprain is not compensable.
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