The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection due to his right hip and right knee conditions, as he failed to attend scheduled VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not attend the scheduled VA examinations, which is a reason to remand the case.
- Claimed conditions
- trochanteric pain syndrome (including trochanteric bursitis), right leg pain condition (also claimed as right knee condition)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 6, 2023
- Citation
- 23064708
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the VA examinations conducted in December 2022 are inadequate and have ordered a new examination to address the Veteran's claims for service connection for right hip and right knee conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases for further examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's right hip and knee conditions, as the previous VA medical opinions were inadequate.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the Veteran's right hip disability, including a lack of x-rays confirming osteoarthritis and an inadequate VA examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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