The Board has remanded the cases for further development and clarification of the VA examiner's findings regarding the appellant's reported pain and flare-ups. The claims are being returned to the RO for consideration.
The deciding factor: The Joint Motion identified issues with the December 2019 VA examination report, specifically regarding the appellant's pain and flare-ups, which required further clarification from a medical examiner.
- Claimed conditions
- acetabular labral tear, right hip tendinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2022
- Citation
- 22058829
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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 has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder and hearing loss. The evidence does not support a finding that any of these conditions were incurred or aggravated during military service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates have been dismissed as the benefits sought on appeal have already been granted in full.,Service connection has not been established for GERD, left ear hearing loss, or right lower extremity neuropathy.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of January 28, 2016, for the grant of service connection for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome but denied earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for right and left hip tendinitis.
- Partly granted
Service connection for hyperhidrosis was granted as secondary to service-connected PTSD. Service connection for depression and bilateral athletes' foot was denied. Other issues were remanded.
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