The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining outstanding treatment records and scheduling a new medical examination to evaluate the current level of severity of the service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to duty to assist errors, such as potential outstanding treatment records and an inadequate VA examination report.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip strain with limitation of the thigh, left hip strain with limitation of flexion, right hip strain with limitation of the thigh, right hip strain with limitation of flexion, left hip strain with limitation of extension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25032309
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied restoration of the 30 percent ratings for left knee arthritis (flexion), left knee strain arthritis (extension), and left knee instability, as well as a 20 percent rating for left ankle chronic sprain. The Veteran's claims for increased ratings were also denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings, finding no evidence of a current disability or sufficient link to military service.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for her bilateral hip strains and right hip strain with painful flexion, but granted a rating of 10 percent from September 16, 2015, to March 1, 2019, and 60 percent from March 1, 2019, to present, for her left knee status post total knee replacement.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and compensation for various conditions, including right hip strain, PTSD, and left ankle condition, among others.
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