The Board finds that the veteran's bilateral hip replacements were aggravated by his service-connected right ankle disorder, warranting a grant of service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA physician concluded that the veteran's avascular necrosis was not due to his service-connected ankle injury but that it is at least as likely as not that the service-connected ankle disability contributed to the hip problem.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the right ankle, degenerative arthritis of the bilateral hips
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2001
- Citation
- 0119988
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What this means for you
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