The Board has determined that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the appellant's right hip disability, including osteoarthritis, is secondary to his service-connected right knee disability. Therefore, the claim of entitlement to service connection for a right hip disability is granted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the appellant's right hip disability is secondary to his service-connected right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Disability, Osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2010
- Citation
- 1017550
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