The Board has granted the veteran's application to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for right hip osteoarthritis and has also granted service connection for right hip osteoarthritis and right total hip replacement residuals, finding that these conditions are related to his service-connected left interior thigh gunshot wound residuals.
The deciding factor: The Board found new and material evidence sufficient to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for right hip osteoarthritis and concluded that this condition is etiologically related to his service-connected left interior thigh shell fragment wound residuals, which caused overuse of the right lower extremity leading to right hip degenerative arthritis necessitating a total hip replacement.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic right hip osteoarthritis, right total hip replacement
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2005
- Citation
- 0523048
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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