The Board has determined that the veteran's left hip disability is at least as likely as not caused or worsened by his service-connected right knee disability, and thus grants the claim for secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found it less than likely that the veteran's left hip condition was due to his right knee disability but acknowledged there could be a causal relationship based on the physical strain of walking with a right knee disorder affecting the hips.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2004
- Citation
- 0400145
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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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