The Board remands the claims for service connection for degenerative arthritis of the right hip and osteitis pubis to correct duty to assist errors that occurred prior to the rating decision on appeal.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to inadequate medical opinions and missing evidence regarding in-service events, including a fall from a ladder while deployed to Iraq in 2005.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the right hip, Osteitis pubis (degenerative joint disease of the pubic symphysis)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25044074
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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied initial ratings in excess of 10 percent for degenerative arthritis of the right and left hips, but granted a 10 percent rating from April 12, 2011, for both hip conditions.
- Partly granted
The appeal for higher ratings of sciatic and femoral nerve radiculopathies was dismissed, while the claims for service connection of degenerative arthritis and avascular necrosis of both hips were remanded.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a right hip disability, left ankle disability, chronic fatigue syndrome (secondary to service-connected disabilities), an acquired psychiatric disorder (unspecified depressive disorder secondary to service-connected disabilities), and headaches (secondary to service-connected disabilities). It also granted ratings of 20 percent or less for various knee and hip conditions.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the right hip, DDD of the lumbar spine, tinnitus, left knee strain, right knee strain, left foot tendonitis, and bilateral sensorineural hearing loss.
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