The Board has determined that the veteran's left hip replacement, right hip arthritis, and bilateral ankle arthritis are all related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports link the current conditions to service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of left hip replacement, degenerative arthritis of right hip, degenerative arthritis of ankles
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 28, 2003
- Citation
- 0308003
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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