Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for entitlement to service connection for left hip strain, including as secondary to the already service connected back disability, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The VA Regional Office failed to obtain appropriate medical opinions to determine whether the Veteran's left hip disability is caused or aggravated by his already service connected back condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip strain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25091218
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