The Board has granted service connection for right hip and right leg disorders as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral strain.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners provided opinions supporting that the Veteran's current right hip and right leg disorders are caused or aggravated by his service-connected lumbosacral strain, with no pre-existing conditions found prior to service connection being granted.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip disorder, Right leg disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2023
- Citation
- 23017458
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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