The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected left hip fracture does not meet the criteria for a compensable disability evaluation.
The deciding factor: The veteran's post-operative left femoral neck fracture is essentially asymptomatic and demonstrates no functional loss or impairment, thus failing to meet any applicable rating criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Left femoral neck fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2005
- Citation
- 0512939
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's fall and resulting left femoral neck fracture required emergency medical treatment, including surgery. The ambulance transport to the VA emergency room was deemed medically necessary and eligible for beneficiary travel payment.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's initial compensable rating for his service-connected left femoral neck fracture was granted, with a noncompensable evaluation initially and then upgraded to 30% effective December 26, 2006.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's residuals of a left femoral neck fracture do not warrant a rating in excess of 20 percent, as there is no evidence of marked hip or knee disability, malunion, nonunion, or loose motion. The current 20 percent rating adequately reflects her functional impairment.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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