The Veteran's left hip disability is rated at 50 percent effective February 1, 2011. The right hip degenerative joint disease remains rated at 10 percent. The Board finds that the Veteran is entitled to a TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left hip disability has been rated as 50 percent disabling since February 1, 2011, and his right hip degenerative joint disease remains at 10 percent. The Board finds that the Veteran is unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Hip Disability, Right Hip Degenerative Joint Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- January 25, 2018
- Citation
- 1804740
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