The Board has denied the veteran's claim for a higher initial evaluation of his service-connected left hip fracture, finding that the current rating of 10 percent is appropriate based on the evidence provided.
The deciding factor: The disability does not meet or more nearly approximate the criteria for a higher disability rating due to pain and other functional limitations without additional compensable ratings under relevant diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Hip Fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 2, 2002
- Citation
- 0204041
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- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's prescribed Quetiapine, used to treat his service-connected PTSD, caused him to fall and subsequently fracture his hip, leading to his death. Therefore, the claim for service connection for the cause of death is granted.
- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 100 percent since September 9, 2013. He also has additional service-connected disabilities independently rated at more than 60 percent, meeting the criteria for SMC at the house bound rate.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for further development due to the complexity of the appeal and the need for an independent medical opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is seeking compensation under 38 U.S.C. 1151 for additional disability resulting from a VA left hip surgery in September 2010, but the case has been remanded due to concerns about informed consent and whether the intraoperative fracture was reasonably foreseeable.
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