The Board has remanded the cases due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran, and the appeal must be returned for further review.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted by the Veteran which requires a readjudication of their claims.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip osteoarthritis status post surgeries, right hip osteoarthritis with limitation of extension, right hip osteoarthritis with impairment of abduction, adduction, or rotation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2023
- Citation
- 23024498
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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 Board granted an effective date of May 28, 2021 for the award of service connection for multiple conditions including cervical spine stenosis, right and left knee strains, and right and left hip osteoarthritis.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted a 40 percent rating for right lower extremity radiculopathy involving the sciatic nerve, but other claims were denied.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for hip osteoarthritis conditions is granted with an effective date of June 27, 2014.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for right hip osteoarthritis with limitation of extension, adduction and abduction, and flexion were granted effective May 13, 2022. The effective date for the award was changed from June 28, 2021 to May 13, 2022.
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