The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for status post left hip replacement, Legg-Calve-Perthes disease was denied as there is no legal basis to grant such a claim.
The deciding factor: The claim lacks legal merit due to finality of the February 2004 rating decision and lack of new and material evidence or CUE in that decision.
- Claimed conditions
- Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2012
- Citation
- 1214483
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection as his preexisting Legg-Calve-Perthes disease did not worsen during his brief period of active military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's left hip disorder, specifically his claims for service connection. The AOJ is required to obtain and associate all outstanding VA treatment records from the Louisville VAMC and provide an addendum opinion addressing these issues.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to March 28, 2002 for the grant of service connection for Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, left hip, status-post total hip replacement. The decision found that no document in the claims file dated prior to March 28, 2002 could be construed as a claim or reopening of the previous denial.
- Granted
The Veteran's right hip disability, including Legg-Calve-Perthes disease and ORIF/Intra-trochanteric fracture, has been rated as 20 percent disabling for impairment of the thigh since July 10, 2013.
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