The Veteran's right hip arthritis is granted service connection, and he is awarded a separate rating for his right knee instability. The Veteran also receives an increased rating for his right knee disability.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the Veteran's reported symptoms of pain, instability, and swelling in both his right hip and knee, which were found to be related to his service-connected right knee injury.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic arthritis of the right hip, arthritic residuals of a right knee injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 14, 2017
- Citation
- 1751856
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran seeks an evaluation in excess of 30 percent for his post-traumatic arthritis of the right hip. The case is being remanded to obtain additional VA treatment records and to schedule a new VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development due to incomplete instructions in the July 2005 VA examination report.
- Granted
The veteran's right hip disability was initially rated at 20 percent prior to July 25, 2001. The rating was increased to 30 percent effective July 25, 2001.
- Denied
The Board denied a disability rating higher than the current 40 percent for right greater trochanteric bursitis with post-traumatic arthritis of the right hip, finding that the evidence did not support an increase in evaluation.
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