The Board has remanded the claims for additional development due to a need for clarification regarding the Veteran's range of motion during flare-ups and after repetitive use.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner was unable to provide an estimate of additional degrees of limited motion caused by functional loss during flare-ups or after repetitive use without resorting to speculation.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip flexion, left hip extension, left hip trochanteric bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20061746
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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
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).
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for back disability, left hip disability, and right hip disability have been granted.,An effective date of August 14, 2018, has been assigned for the grant of service connection for tinnitus.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's left hip limitation of flexion is restored to a 30 percent rating on and from October 4, 2023. Separate ratings for right hip limitations are granted.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his death. The Board does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of the appeal for various service-connected knee and hip disabilities.
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