The Board remands the case to issue a Statement of the Case addressing the issues of service connection for right and left hip conditions, new and material evidence to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for lumbosacral strain, initial compensable rating for a right ankle scar, and rating higher than 10 percent for hypertensive vascular disease.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary due to procedural deficiencies in the appeal process.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip condition, left hip condition, lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2024
- Citation
- 24001314
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.
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right foot, left elbow, left hip, left ankle, and diabetes mellitus to obtain additional medical evidence.
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