The Board remands the claims for an initial compensable rating for left and right femoral acetabular impingement syndrome due to an inadequate examination report that failed to properly consider flare-ups.
The deciding factor: The April 2024 examination report was found inadequate as it did not elicit relevant information regarding the Veteran's flares or provide a proper estimate of functional loss during flare-ups, necessitating a new examination.
- Claimed conditions
- left femoral acetabular impingement syndrome, right femoral acetabular impingement syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25095449
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,249 · Granted: 37% (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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left femoral acetabular impingement syndrome and remanded the issue of service connection for cardiac disability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left hallux valgus, right and left femoral acetabular impingement syndrome, right knee degenerative arthritis, left knee strain, cervical strain, right shoulder strain, and dyspnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected degenerative arthritis of the spine and sleep apnea.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left femoral acetabular impingement syndromes, as well as right and left osteoarthritis of the ankles, finding that these conditions are causally related to a service-connected back disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's request for earlier effective dates for increased ratings of left femoral acetabular impingement syndrome, right iliopsoas tendonitis, and major depressive disorder.
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