The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hip replacements due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the etiology of his hip disabilities. The AOJ is instructed to obtain a medical opinion and request relevant private treatment records.
The deciding factor: The April 2017 VA examiner did not provide an adequate opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's hip disabilities, including considering potential underlying conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and paratrooper service history.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Replacement, Left Hip Replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2022
- Citation
- 22037456
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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 Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional examinations and opinions to determine the severity of his service-connected right hip disability, scars, and DDD/IVDS of the thoracolumbar spine.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings and TDIU was denied. The left hip replacement did not meet the criteria for a higher rating, and no separate or higher ratings were assigned under other diagnostic codes.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for increased ratings and TDIU was denied. The effective date is not specified.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's appeals for higher ratings for his right hip replacement and left hip disability have been denied. The Board found that the evidence did not meet the criteria for a rating higher than 50 percent for right hip replacement or for a compensable rating for limitation of extension of the left hip.
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