The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings for her left hip disabilities are being remanded due to a duty-to-assist error identified in the August 14, 2021, medical examination.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the VA Regional Office was limited by the evidence at the time of the underlying rating decision and could not grant the maximum benefit for the claims. The remand is to correct this duty-to-assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip strain, limitation of extension, left hip strain, impairment of the thigh, left hip strain, limitation of flexion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2024
- Citation
- A24069393
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,455 · Granted: 23% (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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and higher ratings due to additional procedural development being required. The AOJ is instructed to issue a Supplemental Statement of the Case addressing all evidence received since the September 2025 SSOC.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's left and right hip disabilities, except for a 10 percent rating from March 11, 2024, for both hips.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for dyshidrotic eczema of the hands and denied service connection for chronic headaches, sleep apnea, irritable bowel syndrome, allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, left hip strain with various limitations, left knee joint osteoarthritis, pain of lumbar spine, and other specified trauma-and stressor-related disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the claims for compensable ratings for left and right hip strain, limitation of extension and flexion, as well as for left and right ankle sprain. However, a 30 percent rating was granted for peritoneal adhesions and GERD with IBS.
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