The Veteran's bilateral hip strain is connected to service, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Service records show a diagnosis of bilateral hip strain in 2003 during service, and current medical evidence confirms ongoing symptoms. The fall during basketball game in service is considered the incurrence of the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hip strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2018
- Citation
- 1801251
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral hip strain to obtain a VA medical opinion regarding its etiology, as there is an indication that it may be related to in-service physical training.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for lumbar spondylosis, left lower extremity radiculopathy, bilateral hip strain, nosebleeds, allergic rhinitis, and traumatic brain injury as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for bilateral hip strain, right shoulder strain, sleep apnea, and an initial compensable disability rating for atopic dermatitis.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal request was denied as it was not timely filed within one year of the rating decision.
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