The Board remands the claims for service connection for various degenerative arthritides and impairment syndrome to obtain additional VA addendum opinion that complies with the terms of the Joint Motion and issue a supplemental statement of the case.
The deciding factor: There has been no substantial compliance with the Board's prior remand directive, as required by Stegall v. West, 11 Vet. App. 268 (1998).
- Claimed conditions
- right knee degenerative arthritis, left knee degenerative arthritis, right hip degenerative arthritis, left hip degenerative arthritis, bilateral shoulder degenerative arthritis and impairment syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2025
- Citation
- 25004667
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,451 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right knee disability, left knee arthritis, and bilateral knee instability. The decision is based on the Veteran's competent and credible lay evidence regarding the onset of symptoms in service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for service connection for left knee degenerative arthritis is dismissed. The claims for service connection for psychiatric disability, bilateral hearing loss, and other conditions are granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for left knee degenerative arthritis and shin splints due to insufficient rationale in the previous VA examination. The case is now pending with a request for a new opinion.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's left hip degenerative arthritis is secondary to his service-connected right total hip replacement and grants this claim.
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