The Veteran's hip disabilities have been granted, with the right hip receiving a higher rating than the left hip. The effective date for these ratings is not specified.
The deciding factor: The VA determined that the Veteran's hip disabilities meet the criteria for a 30 percent disability rating as of December 17, 2008, and granted this decision.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative changes of the left hip, degenerative changes of the right hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- April 2, 2010
- Citation
- 1012532
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining updated employment and income information, completing VA Forms 21-4192 with his employers, and scheduling a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected hip disabilities.
- Granted
The Veteran's degenerative changes of the left hip and migraine headaches have been granted service connection as direct service connections, with no presumption or secondary theory applied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 20 percent for Reiter's syndrome is denied. The Board has also remanded the TDIU claim due to the need for further examination and consideration.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including COPD and back disorders, have rendered her unable to maintain substantially gainful employment consistent with her education and occupational background.
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