The Board has granted an initial rating of 20 percent for each hip disability, effective from the date service connection was established (October 1, 2001).
The deciding factor: The veteran's hip disabilities have been rated under Code 5255 based on their impairment to the femur and associated moderate disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip sprain, right hip sprain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0631461
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 20, 2019, for the grant of service connection for sleep apnea and denied increased ratings for left knee disability, depression, and other hip conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded a claim for service connection for left hip sprain.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for left hip sprain has been withdrawn by the Veteran.
- Denied
The Board denied increased initial ratings for the veteran's knee and hip disabilities, as well as a compensable rating for bilateral thigh tendonitis.
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