The Board has determined that the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for right hip disability must be remanded due to a duty-to-assist error. The AOJ will need to correct this error by providing an adequate medical examination and opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to consider the Veteran's lay statements, his spouse's lay statement as a medical professional, and the theory of secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Right hip condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2024
- Citation
- A24074689
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,614 · Granted: 35% (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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- Remanded (sent back)
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