The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error. The Veteran is seeking service connection for various disabilities, including left leg, right leg, left foot, right foot, left hip, and right hip disabilities, as secondary to his service-connected low back disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's complaints of bilateral foot and hip pain may indicate chronic pain and/or persistent disabilities. A remand is needed for VA musculoskeletal examinations to establish whether the Veteran has current diagnosed disabilities or in the alternative, symptoms including pain, which reach to the level of functional impairment of earning capacity.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg disability, right leg disability, left foot disability, right foot disability, left hip disability, right hip disability, arthritis, balance disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2024
- Citation
- A24082703
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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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