The Board has granted service connection for a bilateral hip condition as secondary to the veteran's service-connected right ankle fracture. The rating for residuals of a fracture of the right ankle with degenerative changes is increased from 10% to 20%. The claim for an increased disability evaluation rating for a right fifth metatarsal fracture remains unresolved.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's bilateral hip condition was proximately due to or the result of his service-connected right ankle fracture, and granted secondary service connection. The right ankle disability is rated at 20% as of February 11, 1994, reflecting marked limitation of motion.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hip condition, Right ankle fracture with degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 3, 2000
- Citation
- 0029053
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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.
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