The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for the service-connected left hip disability and denied service connection for chronic right shoulder disability. The veteran's left hip disability is manifested by pain, discomfort, reduced motion, and functional impairment. His right shoulder disability was not incurred or aggravated by active service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's service-connected left hip disability more nearly approximated the criteria for a 30 percent rating under Code 5252 due to moderate hip disability with loss of flexion to 100 degrees. The right shoulder disability was not shown to be related to active service or any other service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left trochanteric bursitis, chronic right shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2002
- Citation
- 0203165
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- Partly granted
Service connection for left and right flatfoot/pes planus and a compensable disability evaluation for left trochanteric bursitis were denied. Service connection for urinary incontinence was remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including left trochanteric bursitis and lumbar spine strain. The issues include seeking higher ratings for these conditions as well as TDIU.
- Denied
The Board denied an extraschedular evaluation for the Veteran's left hip disability, finding that the rating schedule adequately contemplates his level of disability and symptomatology.
- Denied
The Veteran's left trochanteric bursitis and left knee osteoarthritis, impairment of femur have been rated based on their respective limitations. A separate 30 percent rating has been granted for the left trochanteric bursitis due to limitation of flexion, effective from February 7, 2018. The Veteran's left knee osteoarthritis, impairment of femur has received a 20 percent rating based on limitation of flexion and a separate 40 percent rating for limitation of extension, both effective from February 7, 2018.
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