The Board has remanded the cases for additional development and opinion regarding service connection for various disabilities, including bilateral knee and hip conditions. The Veteran's claims are being reviewed to determine if her current conditions were caused or aggravated by active duty.
The deciding factor: The Board is requesting an addendum opinion from a VA clinician to address whether the Veteran's tailbone and right elbow disabilities were caused by service, as well as the nature of her bilateral knee and hip conditions. The examiner must consider the Veteran's reports regarding her injuries during basic training and any aggravation of pre-existing conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Tailbone, Right Elbow
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23021872
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings of his right thumb and elbow disabilities have been denied. The right thumb disability is currently rated at 10% since September 22, 2015. The right elbow disability was initially rated at 10%, then changed to 30% effective September 25, 2019, and subsequently back down to 10% thereafter.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right shoulder, elbow, knee, and little toe disabilities due to a lack of current disability evidence.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including bilateral hearing loss and other conditions such as right shoulder, bilateral pes planus, positional vertigo, tinnitus, right elbow, right knee, hiatal hernia, have rendered him unemployable. The Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete medical opinions and further development is required.
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