The Board has granted service connection for a bilateral hip disorder, finding that it was incurred in or as a result of service. Service connection is also granted for the veteran's heart and respiratory conditions to include COPD, bullous disease, and residuals of a collapsed left lung, based on secondary service connection due to his arthritis of the lumbar spine.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the veteran's bilateral hip disorder was either directly caused by his service activities or was secondary to the limited range of motion in his lumbar spine due to arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart Disorder, Bilateral Hip Disorder, Respiratory Condition (COPD, Bullous Disease, Residuals of a Collapsed Left Lung)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2003
- Citation
- 0336521
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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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