The Veteran's right hip degenerative joint disease and spondylolisthesis of the thoracolumbar spine are rated at 30 percent before July 2, 2010, and at 40 percent from that date. The decision grants these ratings.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations showed significant functional limitations in both conditions, with flexion limited to 90 degrees for the right hip and forward flexion of the thoracolumbar spine limited to 30 degrees before July 2, 2010, and to 30 degrees from that date.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Degenerative Joint Disease, Spondylolisthesis of the Thoracolumbar Spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 16, 2013
- Citation
- 1301722
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him substantially confined to his dwelling, the immediate premises, a ward or clinical area of an institution due to a service-connected condition. He does not have one disability that is rated as totally disabling and an additional disability or disabilities that are independently rated or ratable as at least 60 percent disabling.
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