The Board has determined that the veteran's tendonitis of the right hip is the result of her active military service and granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence established a nexus between the veteran's current diagnosis of tendonitis of the right hip and her active military service, including her parachute jump training.
- Claimed conditions
- tendonitis of the right hip, chronic costochondritis of the left chest wall, residuals of cold injury to the extremities, joint pain other than right hip and chest pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2008
- Citation
- 0840548
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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected right hip disability is currently rated at 10 percent, but the Board found that it does not meet the criteria for a higher rating based on limitation of motion. The Veteran was not entitled to an increased rating.
- Granted
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right foot disability, disability of the right lower extremity (claimed as right knee disability and right leg disability), tendonitis of the right hip, and allergic rhinitis. The veteran's pre-existing conditions did not worsen during military service.
- Denied
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