The Board remands the increased rating claims for right hip disabilities to correct duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to issues with the VA examiner's qualifications and an inadequate examination regarding flare-ups.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip strain (limitation of flexion), right hip strain (thigh impairment), right hip strain (limitation of extension)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25022482
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,240 · Granted: 28% (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
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 remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased disability ratings due to a duty to assist error.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection related to right and left hip strain, including thigh impairment, were remanded due to the need for further development.,An effective date of July 24, 2023, was granted for the awards of service connection for right hip strain (limitation of extension) and left hip strain (limitation of extension).
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's appeal for higher ratings for his bilateral hip disabilities was denied. He is still entitled to a compensable rating for left hip strain (other impairment) and an initial 10 percent rating, but no higher, for right hip strain (other impairment). The other issues were denied.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected depressive disorder due to another medical condition with depressive features and generalized anxiety disorder, denied a higher rating for his migraine including migraine variants, and denied ratings for other conditions.
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