The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claims for service connection for right hip disability and low back disability. The Veteran's chronic strain of the right hip and low back is found to be related to his service-connected bilateral forefoot varus deformity.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions link the Veteran's current right hip arthritis, degenerative joint disease, and disc disease of the low back to his flat feet, which are secondary to his service-connected bilateral forefoot varus deformity.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Arthritis, Low Back Degenerative Joint Disease and Disc Disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2012
- Citation
- 1212309
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What this means for you
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- Granted
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right hip arthritis is service-connected as it began during his active service and has persisted since then.
- Granted
The Court found that the Veteran's pre-existing right hip condition was aggravated by service and progressed to arthritis, leading to a grant of service connection for the right hip disability.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right hip, shoulder, elbow, and low back disabilities, finding no evidence of in-service onset or relationship to active service.
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