Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a right hip disability to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, specifically regarding an inadequate VA examination.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was found inadequate as it did not address relevant in-service evidence and the theory of secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip strain, synovial hypertrophy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25011865
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