Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right hip osteoarthritis to correct a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain an opinion regarding direct service connection, as the previous medical opinions did not address in-service onset of bilateral hip pain due to duties.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip osteoarthritis, right hip osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25086132
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