The Board has determined that there have not been substantial compliance with its prior remand directives and further remand is necessary to obtain VA medical opinions addressing the Veteran's right hip and knee disabilities for the period from 2008 onward, including retrospective Sharp and Correia compliant range of motion estimates.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the previous evaluations were inadequate as they lacked any articulated rationale and did not address the issue of retrospective application of their range of motion estimates.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Flexion, Right Hip Abduction, Right Knee Medial Meniscus Tear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22058045
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected right hip abduction/adduction and flexion conditions are granted with initial evaluations of 20 percent for abduction and 10 percent for flexion, effective from January 2025.
- Granted
The Veteran's right hip flexion was granted a 10% rating prior to April 29, 2024 and a 20% rating from that date onward. The Veteran's left hip flexion was granted a 30% rating prior to September 12, 2022.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder and a compensable disability rating for his right knee medial meniscus tear, finding that there is insufficient evidence to support these claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right knee disability ratings were reduced, but the reductions are not proper. The Veteran is granted an increased rating for pes planus with plantar fasciitis and his service connection claims for various disabilities remain pending.
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