The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for left and right hip trochanteric pain syndromes due to insufficient rationale in previous VA medical opinions. The Veteran's bilateral hip disabilities are being remanded again to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing whether they are caused or aggravated by his service-connected back disorder, left ankle, right knee, and lower extremity radiculopathies.
The deciding factor: The Board found the previous VA medical opinions insufficient due to lack of discussion on specific facts related to the Veteran's individual circumstances and failure to address aggravation of obesity by service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip trochanteric pain syndrome, right hip trochanteric pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2024
- Citation
- 24017026
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for left hip trochanteric pain syndrome is remanded due to the submission of new and relevant evidence. The Board will consider whether her condition was caused or aggravated by a service-connected lumbar spondylosis, sacroiliitis, and degenerative disc disease.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for all issues related to service connection and rating decisions from February 2017, May 2019, and November 2019 due to untimely Notice of Disagreement filings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of increased ratings for cervical spine and bilateral hip disabilities due to a duty to assist error. The Veteran's vasomotor rhinitis remains at noncompensable rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence related to the Veteran's claim for entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss has been received since the May 2023 rating decision. The claims of increased ratings for cervical spine strain, right shoulder arthralgia, right knee arthralgia based on limitation of flexion, left knee arthralgia based on limitation of flexion, and entitlement to a 40 percent rating, but no higher, for right knee arthralgia based on limitation of extension from October 28, 2024 to February 25, 2025 are remanded.
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