The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hip disabilities, to include strains, as an addendum medical opinion is needed.
The deciding factor: The January 2023 private medical opinion and May 2022 VA examination are found inadequate due to reliance on incomplete facts or absence of records, necessitating a new opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hip strains
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25018274
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Decisions by this judge: 2,170 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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