The Board has determined that the effective date for the Veteran's service-connected left leg length discrepancy should be November 19, 2004.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the Veteran's left leg was shorter than his right beginning in November 2002, but this condition resulted from his service-connected right knee injury. The effective date is set based on when he first filed a claim for service connection for hip and back pain, which was November 19, 2004.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg length discrepancy, right hip and back condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1029824
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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.
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for a VA examination and opinion regarding his left leg disorder, including leg length discrepancy and left foot disorder. The issues of secondary service connection for a left ankle disorder are also remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left leg length discrepancy, bilateral hearing loss, and a compensable evaluation of Tufts fracture, left little finger, resolved (minor).
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left leg length discrepancy but denied an initial compensable rating for hypertension.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied a higher disability rating for left leg length discrepancy and remanded the issue of total disability based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
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