The Board has decided to remand the cases for further examination and evaluation due to insufficient information about the Veteran's hip contusion.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional examinations to assess the Veteran's disability picture accurately.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip contusion, right hip limitation of flexion, thigh impairment associated with right hip contusion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2021
- Citation
- 21064467
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several claims for further action, including effective date determinations and service connection determinations. The Veteran's service records from Portsmouth Naval Hospital are requested to be obtained.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his bilateral hip disabilities due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The AOJ must obtain another VA examination and opinion to assess the severity of the Veteran's hip disabilities in the absence of medication use.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted effective dates of October 13, 2022 for the service connection of headaches, a cervical disability, right shoulder impairment of the humerus, right shoulder limitation of motion, right hip limitation of flexion, right hip limitation of extension, right hip impairment of the thigh and back disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected musculoskeletal disabilities do not render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, as he has maintained substantial income from previous employment and his current education and work history suggest he can perform sedentary or semi-sedentary work.
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