Citation Nr: 21012381 Decision Date: 03/04/21 Archive Date: 03/04/21 DOCKET NO. 18-11 130 DATE: March 4, 2021 REMANDED The claim for service connection for right hip avascular necrosis is remanded. The claim for service connection for left arm neuropathy is remanded. The claim for service connection for left leg neuropathy is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served on active duty from July 1962 to July 1970. The Board remanded the claim in October 2019 for additional development. Unfortunately, the claim must be remanded for development once more. 1. Entitlement to service connection for right hip avascular necrosis 2. Entitlement to service connection for left arm neuropathy 3. Entitlement to service connection for left leg neuropathy The Veteran contends that the above claimed disabilities are proximately related to his service-connected coronary artery disease. Upon VA examination in 2019 and 2020, the VA examiner provided an opinion as to whether each disability was caused by coronary artery disease but failed to opine as to whether any claimed disability is aggravated by service-connected coronary artery disease. This opinion must be obtained in order to properly adjudicate this claim. The matters are REMANDED for the following action: Forward the claim back to the VA examiner who provided the 2019 and 2020 VA examination and opinions to further opine as to a proximate connection between right hip avascular necrosis, left arm neuropathy, and left leg neuropathy and service-connected coronary artery disease. If the same examiner is not available, a new VA examiner of similar expertise should provide the requested opinion. The examiner should opine whether the Veteran’s right hip avascular necrosis, left arm neuropathy, and left leg neuropathy are at least as likely as not proximately caused by service-connected coronary artery disease or proximately aggravated beyond its natural progression by service-connected coronary artery disease. Cynthia M. Bruce Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney for the Board A. B., Counsel The Board’s decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.