The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his left total hip replacement since October 1, 2008 was denied by the RO. The appeal is currently before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
The deciding factor: The VA Regional Office (RO) determined that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for a higher than 50 percent rating for his left total hip replacement since October 1, 2008.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Total Hip Replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2013
- Citation
- 1304136
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected osteoarthritis, status post left total hip replacement, is productive of no more than moderately severe residuals of weakness, pain, and limitation of motion, without more severe residuals. The Board finds that the 50 percent rating represents the greatest level of severity throughout the entire course of the appeal.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's left total hip replacement is rated at 70 percent since October 1, 2008, due to severe painful motion and weakness necessitating the regular use of a cane for ambulation.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's residuals of a left total hip replacement were not proximately due to or the result of VA carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment or similar instance of fault on the part of VA in furnishing reasonable care.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151, finding that no additional disability of the left hip was proximately caused by VA medical treatment.
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