The Board has determined that the veteran's traumatic arthritis of the left hip does not warrant an increased initial evaluation beyond the currently assigned 10 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran's left hip motion is greater than what would be expected for a 10 percent evaluation under Diagnostic Codes 5251, 5252, and 5253. The pain, weakness, fatigue, and swelling do not result in additional limitation of motion beyond what is already accounted for in the current rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Arthritis of the Left Hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 30, 2006
- Citation
- 0627489
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,242 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for traumatic arthritis of the left hip and left knee on an extraschedular basis, finding that the available schedular evaluations were adequate.
- Granted
The Veteran's initial disability rating for traumatic arthritis of the left hip was granted at a 30 percent level effective October 1, 2006. The VA found that his range of motion did not meet criteria for higher ratings based on limitation of flexion.
- Denied
The veteran's service-connected traumatic arthritis of the left hip and knee have been rated at 20 percent each, but he contends that his disabilities warrant higher ratings due to pain and inability to work.,The VA has determined that the veteran's hip and knee conditions do not meet criteria for a disability rating in excess of 20 percent.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the grant of service connection for traumatic arthritis of the left hip, as secondary to a service-connected left ankle disability, was clearly and unmistakably erroneous. The case is being remanded to determine whether the veteran's low back disability should be rated higher.
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