The Board finds that the veteran's left hip arthritis, postoperative arthroplasty, is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected left knee disability and grants service connection on a secondary basis.
The deciding factor: The evidence in this case is in relative equipoise as to whether the service-connected left knee disability caused or aggravated the veteran's left hip arthritis. By extending the benefit of the doubt, the Board finds that the veteran is entitled to service connection for his left hip disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip arthritis, postoperative arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0126908
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