The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected right hip disability, characterized as status post avascular necrosis with arthritis, warrants a rating of 30 percent.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows marked limitation of motion and pain in all areas of the hip joint, which more nearly approximates a level of impairment consistent with that of marked hip disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Traumatic Arthritis, Avascular Necrosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2001
- Citation
- 0120299
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for right knee, right hip, and lumbosacral strain have been granted. The VA has also remanded the cases to obtain updated examinations to assess current severity of his left knee and right ankle disabilities.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed to clarify the Veteran's hip disabilities and their relationship to his service-connected knee conditions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's right hip DJD is not related to his service or chemical exposure, and denied service connection for this condition. The Board also found that the Veteran's left hip AVN was caused by medication taken for asthma.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected right hip disability, which included a fracture of the femoral neck and avascular necrosis, was rated at 60% prior to her surgery. After undergoing total hip replacement in April 2002, she is now entitled to an 80% rating for the period from January 1, 2001 to February 24, 2002.
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