Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection of the veteran's right hip total hip replacement with osteoarthritis, considering it as secondary to service-connected knee disabilities or as secondary to service-connected knee disabilities and PTSD with obesity as an intermediate step.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the AOJ did not comply with prior remand instructions and made duty to assist errors.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip total hip replacement with osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25007561
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