The Board remands the claim for service connection for right total hip replacement, to include as secondary to bilateral knee disabilities, for readjudication based on new and relevant evidence.
The deciding factor: New medical opinion raises a theory of entitlement that was not previously addressed, warranting readjudication of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- right total hip replacement
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25087514
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Decisions by this judge: 899 · Granted: 45% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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
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