The Board has granted a 60 percent rating for osteomyelitis of the right hip, effective March 12, 1997. The veteran's left knee disorder is considered secondary to his service-connected right hip disability.
The deciding factor: Osteomyelitis was found to be proximately due to or the result of the service-connected post-operative wound infection and osteomyelitis in the right hip.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-operative wound infection of the right hip, Osteomyelitis of the right hip
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- October 7, 2003
- Citation
- 0326693
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