The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right hip disorders due to inadequate VA examination and failure to consider relevant medical evidence. The AOJ is required to obtain additional private treatment records, schedule another VA examination, and provide a nexus opinion regarding whether current hip disabilities are related to service-connected knee disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found the January 2021 VA examination inadequate as it did not consider findings suggesting current hip conditions or relevant medical evidence from SSA files.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Hip Disorder, Right Hip Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2026
- Citation
- A26025176
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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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