The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right hip condition as secondary to his service-connected chronic neuralgia of the right leg. The claim for compensation under 38 C.F.R. § 1151 for right hip avascular necrosis is dismissed. The increased rating claim for the Veteran's service-connected right leg disability remains pending.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's claimed right hip condition was proximately due to or the result of his service-connected chronic neuralgia of the right leg, granting service connection on a secondary basis.
- Claimed conditions
- status post right total hip arthroplasty, chronic neuralgia of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 28, 2011
- Citation
- 1116515
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What this means for you
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