The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient opinions regarding both direct and secondary service connection, as well as aggravation. The claims are being returned for further development.
The deciding factor: Insufficient opinions were provided by VA examiners regarding whether the Veteran’s conditions had their onset during military service or were related to his active duty service, or if they were caused or aggravated by his service-connected left foot disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee condition, right hip condition, left hip condition, low back condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 27, 2020
- Citation
- 20036288
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
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