The Veteran's claims for various hip, elbow, and knee conditions are being remanded due to the need for additional medical records. The appellant is also asked to provide information about private practitioners who treated her husband prior to his passing.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence is needed to properly evaluate the Veteran's claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip trochanteric pain syndrome with limitation of extension, right hip trochanteric pain syndrome with limitation of extension, right upper extremity cubital tunnel syndrome, left upper extremity cubital tunnel syndrome, left elbow scar, left hip trochanteric bursitis with limitation of flexion, left knee chondromalacia with limitation of extension, left knee chondromalacia with limitation of flexion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2022
- Citation
- 22056089
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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
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