The Veteran's left hip/femur disability was initially rated as noncompensable, but a 10 percent rating has been assigned effective October 24, 2012.
The deciding factor: The VA examination conducted in October 2012 revealed that the Veteran had pain on motion of the left hip with excellent retained motion. The examiner noted no objective evidence of painful motion during flexion and extension testing, indicating a functional impairment due to pain without additional limitation from other factors such as weakness or fatigability.
- Claimed conditions
- fracture of the left femoral neck
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2014
- Citation
- 1446150
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