The Board denied service connection for right hip trochanteric bursitis, finding that the evidence did not support a secondary relationship to the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the right hip condition was proximately due to or aggravated by the service-connected left knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip trochanteric bursitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2021
- Citation
- 21069035
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What this means for you
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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 the Veteran's claims for service connection for right hip trochanteric bursitis, left hip trochanteric bursitis, right iliotibial band inflammation, and left iliotibial band inflammation due to a duty-to-assist error in obtaining private treatment records.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of information regarding whether the Veteran experiences ankylosis in her right hip, which could affect her disability rating. The case will be returned for further evaluation and clarification.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for a right hip condition, back condition, and right ankle strain as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee condition.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and effective dates as they were improperly filed under the new Direct Review docket system.
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