The Board has decided that a remand is necessary to address the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hip disorders due to insufficient medical opinions and incomplete records.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on inadequate medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's current hip disorders and the absence of relevant private treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip strain, Left hip disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2024
- Citation
- 24003444
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 352 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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