The Board has determined that service connection is granted for a right hip disorder. The issue of whether the Veteran's lumbar spine disorder is secondary to her right hip disorder remains pending.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for the right hip disorder, and the Board found in favor of granting service connection based on credible evidence linking the current condition to an injury during active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Disorder, Lumbar Spine Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2011
- Citation
- 1141360
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