The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for arthritis of the hips due to new and material evidence. The claim is pending as it relates to an increased rating for residuals of gunshot wound to the left thigh.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence supports a finding that the veteran's arthritis of the hips may be related to his service-connected gunshot wounds, but there is no clear evidence linking the bilateral hip replacements directly to these injuries. The VA examiner could not find any evidence of bone or hip damage as a result of World War II wounds.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the hips, degenerative arthritis in both hips
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 8, 2000
- Citation
- 0003111
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What this means for you
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