The Board has granted service connection for a bilateral hip disorder as secondary to the veteran's service-connected bilateral chondromalacia of the knees and residuals of a gunshot wound to the left knee.
The deciding factor: The VA medical records provided support the claim that the veteran's service-connected bilateral chondromalacia of the knees and residuals of a gunshot wound to the left knee are the cause of his bilateral hip disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hip disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2000
- Citation
- 0017515
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for a bilateral hip disorder has been withdrawn and dismissed by the Veteran.
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