The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right hip replacement and a compensable disability rating for left hip scars due to insufficient evidence regarding the relationship between these conditions and his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the lack of a VA examination addressing the claimed right hip condition and its secondary nature to other service-connected disabilities, as well as the Veteran's competent testimony indicating an association with those disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip replacement, left lower extremity disabilities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2021
- Citation
- 21020833
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection were denied due to the late filing of the appeal requests, and thus the appeals are dismissed.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for effective dates earlier than October 26, 2014, for service connection and TDIU were denied.,The Veteran's claim for DEA benefits was also denied.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to their death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining records from the Veteran's final hospitalization and seeking VA medical opinions on the cause of death and right hip replacement.
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