The Board has determined that the veteran's left hip disorder warrants a 70% rating, and his lumbar spine disorder warrants a 40% rating.
The deciding factor: Both conditions are rated based on their severity as service-connected disabilities under the appropriate diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Hip Disorder, Lumbar Spine Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- March 26, 2004
- Citation
- 0407978
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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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