The Board granted service connection for avascular necrosis of the left hip, right hip, right shoulder, and left shoulder based on evidence supporting a link to the veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a significant history of scuba diving in service and current diagnoses of avascular necrosis of both the hips and shoulders, with two opinions in favor of service connection and one concluding that the evidence was against such a link based at least in part on an inaccurate premise.
- Claimed conditions
- avascular necrosis of the left hip, avascular necrosis of the right hip, avascular necrosis of the right shoulder, avascular necrosis of the left shoulder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2009
- Citation
- 0904117
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.
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