Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a secondary service connection for right hip degenerative arthritis to obtain an addendum opinion addressing aggravation.
The deciding factor: The June 2024 VA examiner's opinion did not address the element of aggravation, which is required for an adequate opinion on secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25091763
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