The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to lack of substantial compliance with the earlier remand. The issues include initial ratings for left hip strain and related disabilities.
The deciding factor: The decision was not about service connection but rather about the appropriate rating criteria application after a change in VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic left hip strain, left femoral neck stress fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 5, 2021
- Citation
- 21040504
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for her service-connected left femoral neck stress fracture with limitation of abduction is remanded due to the need for a complete medical examination, considering the ameliorative effects of pain medication.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied a TDIU under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(a) prior to April 17, 2012, and remanded the issue of entitlement to a TDIU on an extraschedular basis under 38 C.F.R. § 4.16(b) prior to April 17, 2012, as well as the effective date for Dependents' Educational Assistance.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic right and left hip strains, finding that these disabilities arose from the Veteran's active duty service.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities from August 8, 2011, through May 4, 2014, rendered him unable to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment.
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