The Board has determined that the VA examination provided was inadequate and remands the case for further development, including obtaining an updated operative report from the Veteran's left total hip arthroplasty. The examiner is to determine if the Veteran's left hip disability is proximately due to or caused by his service-connected right and/or left knee chondromalacia patella, as well as whether obesity was an intermediate step in causing or contributing to his left hip disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found the October 2014 VA examination inadequate and remanded for further development, including obtaining the Veteran's operative report from his left total hip arthroplasty. The examiner is tasked with determining if the Veteran's left hip disability is proximately due to or caused by his service-connected right and/or left knee chondromalacia patella.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip degenerative joint disease status post total arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2022
- Citation
- 22004802
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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
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