Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for left and right hip disabilities as secondary to service-connected knee disabilities due to an inadequate VA examination opinion.
The deciding factor: The April 2024 VA examiner's opinion is found inadequate because it failed to consider evidence of altered gait due to left knee pain, which may indicate a link between the knee and hip disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip disability, right hip disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2025
- Citation
- 25013203
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