The Board has remanded the case for a retrospective medical opinion to determine the severity of the Veteran's right hip disorder without considering the ameliorative effects of medication, as per court holdings in Jones v. Shinseki and Ingram v. Collins.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for a retrospective medical opinion regarding the severity of the Veteran's right hip condition without considering the ameliorative effects of medication, as per recent court rulings.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip avascular necrosis, right hip greater trochanteric bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2026
- Citation
- 26001397
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for increased ratings of his right hip disability prior to the Board's decision.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a right hip disability, diagnosed as right hip avascular necrosis and right hip replacement, and a right hip scar, status post right hip replacement, as secondary to the service-connected right hip replacement.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete records and inadequate medical opinions. The right hip condition, avascular necrosis, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and coronary atherosclerosis are all under review.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left and right hip disabilities as secondary to herbicide exposure in the Gulf War.
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