The Board has remanded the claims for higher ratings for bilateral hip disabilities due to insufficient evidence and need for additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations provided incomplete findings regarding the use of assistive devices by each hip individually, necessitating further clarification from a medical professional.
- Claimed conditions
- Total Right Hip Arthroplasty, Left Total Hip Arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2022
- Citation
- 22067724
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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 disabilities, including PTSD, total hip arthroplasty, OSA, lumbar DDD with L4-S1 bulge, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, and avascular necrosis of the right hip, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development to obtain treatment records, conduct examinations, and provide opinions regarding the severity of his service-connected conditions and their relationship to in-service noise exposure.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a disability evaluation in excess of 70 percent for his total right hip arthroplasty from March 9, 2005 was denied. The VA determined that the current rating adequately reflects the severity and effects of the condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's status post left total hip arthroplasty is productive of moderately severe residuals, with pain and some limitation of motion. The VA has assigned a 50 percent disability evaluation for this condition since November 1, 2009.
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