The Board has determined that the veteran's right hip disability, currently rated as 10 percent disabling, does not warrant a higher rating based on his complaints of pain and functional limitations.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran experiences intermittent flare-ups of hip pain but maintains full range of motion with no significant impairment in function or mobility.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 25, 2003
- Citation
- 0305574
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,555 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for TDIU was denied prior to March 17, 2017 due to his service-connected orthopedic disabilities. From March 17, 2017, the Veteran has been granted a TDIU based solely on his service-connected orthopedic disabilities.,The Veteran is now eligible for SMC at the housebound rate since November 22, 2017 due to his combined rating of 100 percent and other service-connected disabilities independently ratable at 60 percent.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left hip osteoarthritis and right hip bursitis, finding that the current disorders were not incurred in or aggravated by service.
- Granted
The Veteran's right hip bursitis is rated at 10 percent since February 19, 2019 for limitation of extension. A separate rating for limitation of flexion was not granted as the evidence did not show functional impairment to that extent.
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