The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's bilateral hip disability is caused or aggravated by his service-connected back and knee disabilities, including steroid injections for those conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address the effects of the steroid injections on the Veteran's bilateral hip disability in their opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hip disability, osteopenia, osteoporosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2024
- Citation
- 24006118
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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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