The Board remands the claims for service connection for right hip strain and left hip femoral acetabular impingement syndrome to obtain an addendum medical opinion addressing their relationship to the Veteran's service, including any aggravation by her service-connected coccydynia.
The deciding factor: The December 2020 VA medical opinion was found inadequate as it failed to address a secondary relationship and did not consider aggravation of the claimed conditions by the service-connected tailbone disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip strain, left hip femoral acetabular impingement syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25039296
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.
- Granted
The Board grants service connection for a right hip strain, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran based on evidence showing an onset during service and continuous symptoms since then.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection due to inadequate VA examinations.
- Denied
The appeal of the February 16, 2023, proposal to reduce the disability rating for right hip strain is dismissed. The Board also denied an increased disability rating for right hip strain.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left knee strain, right knee strain, and right hip strain as secondary to the appellant's service-connected bilateral foot disabilities. The claim for a TMJ disorder was denied, along with other claims for increased ratings.
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