The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for left hip myositis and trochanteric pain syndrome with limitation of extension and flexion due to a lack of recent VA examination, which is required by Correia v. McDonald (2016). The examiner must assess current range of motion and any additional loss due to flare-ups or functional impairment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's hip disability has not been examined in conjunction with these conditions since 2016, as required by Correia v. McDonald (2016).
- Claimed conditions
- left hip myositis, trochanteric pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 26, 2022
- Citation
- 22003944
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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 left hip disability is being remanded for further evaluation due to inadequate range of motion testing in the previous examination.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right hip disability, which includes arthritis, trochanteric pain syndrome, and piriformis syndrome, finding that these conditions are related to his time in active service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right hip condition, finding that his service-connected right ankle disability caused or aggravated his current hip condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for the grants of service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis and trochanteric pain syndrome, as no evidence showed that she had perfected her appeal within 60 days of the SOC or that there was any other unadjudicated claim prior to July 30, 2020.
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