The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim due to inadequate medical opinions and inextricability with another pending claim.
The deciding factor: The claims are remanded as there is insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's right hip condition is secondary to his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities, including a lack of adequate opinion on aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2024
- Citation
- A24026393
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation, leading to the grant of a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for various degenerative arthritis conditions of the Veteran's lumbar spine, hips, knees, and elbows. These conditions are presumed to have onset within one year of discharge from active service.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection and effective dates have been denied.,Effective date determinations were not provided as the decisions are in denial.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee and hip degenerative arthritis, finding that these conditions were incurred in service due to wear and tear from military activities.
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