The Board has granted a 10 percent rating for the veteran's bursitis of the right hip effective September 5, 2005. The case was remanded and the effective date was changed to September 9, 2005.
The deciding factor: The VA examination in September 2005 showed a full range of motion with no evidence of limitation of motion or other functional loss.
- Claimed conditions
- bursitis of the right hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0613209
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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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