The Board has reopened the previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for a left hip disorder and granted it. The Veteran's right hip disability is rated as 10 percent disabling.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that established a causal relationship between the service-connected right hip disability and the claimed left hip disorder, bilateral knee disorders, and bilateral hand and wrist disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Hip Disorder, Bilateral Knee Disorder, Bilateral Hand and Wrist Disorders
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2012
- Citation
- 1232246
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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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for a left hip disorder and hearing loss, but has remanded the claim for COPD due to potential errors in the decision-making process.
- Granted
The Veteran's right and left hip disorders are granted service connection as the evidence supports an in-service injury and continuity of symptoms.,Service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied due to lack of a current diagnosis for VA purposes, but tinnitus is granted as it began during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for erectile dysfunction, right hip disorder, and left hip disorder due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors. Additional medical opinions are needed to address the etiology of these conditions.
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