Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for a left hip disorder to schedule an examination to determine if it is related to his service-connected back disorder.
The deciding factor: A medical opinion was not provided regarding whether the Veteran's left lower extremity pain/sciatic is related to his service-connected lumbar disorder, and thus a remand is warranted to cure this pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25104889
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