The Board finds that the Veteran's right hip traumatic arthritis is due to a motor vehicle accident in service.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows a direct relationship between the Veteran's in-service injury and his current right hip condition, as supported by medical opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the right hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 25, 2009
- Citation
- 0910994
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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- Granted
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