The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's right hip disability and his service. The VA doctor did not consider the Veteran's lay statements of continuous symptoms since service, nor clarify if more recent radiological testing was performed.
The deciding factor: The VA doctor failed to address the Veteran's lay statements about continuous symptoms since service and did not provide a clear explanation for any discrepancies in pain reports over time.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2022
- Citation
- 22054927
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased disability evaluations for his right hip osteoarthritis, left hip osteoarthritis, and right knee osteoarthritis with shin splints.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, a bilateral leg condition, and left lower extremity radiculopathy but granted service connection for right hip osteoarthritis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected back disability.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hearing loss disability and remanded claims for cervical strain, left hip osteoarthritis, right hip osteoarthritis, right knee strain, and obstructive sleep apnea due to inadequate medical opinions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted the restoration of a 10 percent rating for radiculopathy, right lower extremity (sciatic nerve) associated with lumbar strain DDD and remanded several other claims.
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