The Veteran's right hip disability has been granted a minimum 10 percent rating for limitation of flexion. The issues regarding thigh impairment and limitation of flexion are remanded, as is the TDIU claim.
The deciding factor: The claims involve determining appropriate ratings based on current symptoms and need for additional medical opinions to clarify diagnoses and causation.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the right hip, Non-degenerative auto-inflammatory condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2022
- Citation
- 22031944
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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 claims for increased ratings for his bilateral hip and ankle conditions are being remanded due to a lack of sufficient medical evidence regarding the extent of range of motion loss during flare-ups and after repetitive use.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for additional VA medical opinions to determine if the Veteran's current disabilities of the hips, shoulders, knees, and cervical spine are related to his active service.
- Granted
A 20% rating has been granted for DJD of the right hip with limitation of flexion of the right thigh as of December 11, 2020. The Veteran's disability picture due to limitation of flexion more closely approximates the criteria for a 20 percent rating.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have not been shown to preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
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