The Board grants service connection for the veteran's left and right leg disabilities, to include as secondary to his service-connected left hip capsulitis.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the veteran's current left and right leg disabilities are related to an in-service injury to the left hip and/or have been caused or aggravated by the service-connected left hip capsulitis. The Board resolves all doubt in favor of the veteran, granting service connection for both conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg disability, right leg disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 29, 2009
- Citation
- 0903155
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
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