The Board has granted service connection for bilateral degenerative joint disease of the hips as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the aggravation of the bilateral hip disabilities by the service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral degenerative joint disease of the hips
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2014
- Citation
- 1422469
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and bilateral degenerative joint disease of the hips, but dismissed the claim for benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to a remand issue.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral degenerative joint disease of the knees, hips, and lumbosacral spine as secondary to his service-connected painful heels with degenerative changes.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral painful heels with degenerative changes, as well as his claims for increased evaluations for left and right painful heels. The case is also remanded to obtain a discharge physical from the U.S. Army and Joint Services Records Research Center (JSRRC) or National Archives Records Administration (NARA).
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral hip disability is not related to his military service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
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