The Board has granted the veteran's claim of service connection for status post total left hip replacement due to degenerative osteoarthritis, finding that there is equipoise evidence and granting the benefit of doubt in favor of the veteran.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions are in equipoise as to whether the veteran's current hip disability is related to his military service, specifically his parachuting duties. The Board has given the benefit of the doubt to the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- status post total left hip replacement, degenerative osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2007
- Citation
- 0724825
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities on an extraschedular basis, finding that his service-connected disabilities did not render him unable to obtain and maintain substantially gainful employment.
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