The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's bilateral hip disorder, finding that it is related to his in-service injury. The claim of secondary service connection for extraction of teeth due to the bilateral hip disorder will be remanded as requested.
The deciding factor: The July 2004 VA examiner found the bilateral hip disorder was at least as likely as not caused by the Veteran's in-service injury, and the Board agreed with this finding.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hip disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2011
- Citation
- 1137350
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What this means for you
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