The Board has granted service connection for a right hip surgery scar and assigned an initial disability rating of 50 percent effective from November 19, 2009. The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the right knee surgery scar is also addressed in this decision.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on secondary service connection due to a pre-existing condition (right hip degenerative arthritis) that has been aggravated by a current disability (right knee fusion).
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Degenerative Arthritis, Right Knee Fusion
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- November 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1041620
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates prior to October 26, 2012, for the grants of service connection for TBI and migraine headaches were denied in a February 2020 Board decision. The Veteran did not appeal these decisions or file a supplemental claim with new and relevant evidence.,The Veteran's December 2022 VA Form 10182 Notice of Disagreement (NOD) does not set forth contended errors of fact or law in the February 2020 Board decision nor does it plead with particularity any such errors such that the NOD can be construed as either a motion for reconsideration or a motion to revise the Board's February 2020 decision.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right hip, right knee, and right ankle conditions as secondary to her service-connected bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right hip condition had its onset during service and is related to her military duties, granting her claim for service connection.
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