The Veteran's service-connected fractured right femur and associated hip and knee disabilities have been evaluated at 20% since June 14, 2011. The evidence does not support a higher evaluation for the period prior to that date.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows no more than moderate disability in both periods on appeal, with no additional limitations due to pain or other factors.
- Claimed conditions
- fractured right femur, right hip and knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 29, 2014
- Citation
- 1456641
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all issues related to reopening service connection for various injuries and disabilities, including head injury with motor skills and loss of range of motion, right hip injury, right knee injury, fractured right femur, and scars. The Veteran's appeals have been withdrawn.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a need for additional medical opinion regarding the Veteran's service-connected conditions and their impact on his ability to work. The appeal is related to the Veteran's TDIU claim.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his residuals of right hip disability, fractured right femur, and leg length discrepancy was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher than 10 percent rating due to limitations in thigh extension, flexion, abduction, adduction or external rotation, nonunion or malunion of the right femur fracture, or shortening of a lower extremity bone.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected fractured right femur most closely approximates a disability picture of malunion with slight hip disability, warranting a 10% evaluation effective January 4, 2006.
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