The Veteran's right hip disabilities have been evaluated as 10 percent for each condition. The evidence does not show flexion limited to less than 45 degrees or abduction limited beyond 10 degrees, which would warrant a higher rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.
The deciding factor: The most severe limitation of motion found was 80 degrees with pain in right hip flexion during an August 2015 VA examination. This does not meet the criteria for a compensable or higher rating under DCs 5251 and 5252.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Extension, Right Hip Flexion, Impairment of Right Thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2016
- Citation
- 1626015
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What this means for you
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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 right hip abduction/adduction and flexion conditions are granted with initial evaluations of 20 percent for abduction and 10 percent for flexion, effective from January 2025.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right hip flexion was granted a 10% rating prior to April 29, 2024 and a 20% rating from that date onward. The Veteran's left hip flexion was granted a 30% rating prior to September 12, 2022.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's hip disabilities have been rated based on the severity of their range of motion impairment. The current ratings are denied as they do not meet the criteria for higher ratings due to limitations in flexion, extension, and abduction/adduction.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's right hip flexion is limited to 75 degrees, and left hip flexion is limited to 85 degrees. The Veteran does not meet the criteria for a compensable rating for either hip.,Prior to December 20, 2022, the Veteran's right hip abduction was limited to 10 degrees, which meets the criteria for a 20 percent rating. From that date forward, the Veteran's right hip rotation and adduction are not limited beyond what is required for a 20 percent rating.,The Veteran's left hip rotation is limited to toeing-out no more than 15 degrees, meeting the criteria for a 10 percent rating. The Veteran's left hip abduction is also limited to 15 degrees, which meets the criteria for a 10 percent rating.,Degenerative changes of both hips are manifest by painful motion limited to at worst 5 degrees of extension, meeting the criteria for a 10 percent rating.
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