The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral ankle and right hip disabilities are service-connected, with a combined disability rating of 90 percent from April 1, 1999 to September 18, 2000. As his service-connected disabilities precluded employment for which his education and occupational experience would have otherwise qualified him during this period, the Board has granted entitlement to TDIU.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's bilateral ankle and right hip disabilities were found to be incurred in service based on continuity of symptomatology since service. The combined disability rating from April 1, 1999 to September 18, 2000 exceeded 60 percent, meeting the criteria for a TDIU.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Ankle Disability, Right Hip Disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- July 26, 2012
- Citation
- 1225916
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for the claimed conditions as there is no persuasive evidence of current diagnoses or in-service incurrence or aggravation.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's right hip disability, finding that her current 10 percent rating adequately reflects her symptoms and limitations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right hip disability, which may be related to service or secondary to his service-connected bilateral pes planus.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for both a right hip disability and a left hip disability, finding that the Veteran's observable symptoms of pain and stiffness began during his active service and have persisted.
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