The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to a duty to assist error regarding outstanding private treatment records for his left hip. The claim will be reconsidered with these records.
The deciding factor: There are indications of outstanding private treatment records that have not been requested or obtained, which constitutes a duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip snapping syndrome, femoral acetabular impingement syndrome with left hip labral tear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2024
- Citation
- A24083285
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has dismissed the issues of propriety of the rating reductions for left and right hip snapping syndrome, as well as remanded several other issues including a TDIU claim. The Veteran's representative withdrew his appeals regarding these issues prior to the promulgation of a decision.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for the issues of entitlement to a rating in excess of 20 percent for chronic low back strain, entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for left hip snapping syndrome, and the propriety of the separately assigned rating for left hip snapping syndrome. As such, these issues are dismissed.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and conducting new VA examinations. The RO must reschedule missed VA examinations and ensure all notifications are sent to the correct address.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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