The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hip degenerative arthritis and assigned a 10 percent evaluation to each hip. The veteran's left hip is now rated at 20 percent, while the right hip remains at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations showed that the veteran had some limitation of motion in both hips with pain, but no ankylosis or other severe impairment warranting higher ratings under applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis of the right hip, degenerative arthritis of the left hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- August 22, 2002
- Citation
- 0210282
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