The Board remands the claim for service connection for a right hip injury to ensure that all relevant evidence is obtained and considered.
The deciding factor: The AOJ's failure to verify or ascertain the nature and scope of the Veteran's reserve service, as well as its failure to obtain relevant VA and private medical records, constitutes pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors that must be corrected on remand.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip injury
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098401
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Decisions by this judge: 1,893 · Granted: 31% (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 granted service connection for right hip injury, finding that the Veteran's condition was incurred in or aggravated by active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for left foot, left knee, and right hip injuries due to a lack of proper procedural steps in the legacy appeal system.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases due to inadequate medical opinions regarding service connection for right hip injury, hypertension, and coronary artery disease. The claims are being returned for additional development.
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