The veteran's right hip disability warrants a 60 percent rating during the period prior to December 13, 2006, and does not warrant more than a 50 percent rating from February 1, 2008.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran experienced significant functional impairment with painful motion, abnormal movement, and guarding following his hip replacement surgery, which more closely approximates a 50 percent rating for moderately severe residuals of the hip replacement.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative changes of the right hip, Right total hip arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- February 3, 2009
- Citation
- 0903668
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,325 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and scheduling an examination to assess the severity of the Veteran's low back disability and associated lower extremity radiculopathy. The effective dates for service connection for degenerative changes of the right hip and left hip are also being addressed.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, and the Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to new evidence submitted by him, including disability benefit questionnaires. The issues include evaluations for various hip and inguinal hernia conditions.
- Granted
The Veteran's degenerative changes of the right hip have been rated at 10 percent since June 2008, and no higher rating is warranted based on the evidence.
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