The Board has determined that the Veteran's left hip arthritis and replacement are service connected, as they are linked to injury or disease incurred in active service.
The deciding factor: Service connection is established based on a link between the current disability (left hip arthritis and replacement) and an in-service injury or disease (traumatic arthritis during service).
- Claimed conditions
- left hip arthritis, left hip replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 15, 2018
- Citation
- 1810027
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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.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for left hip arthritis, right hip arthritis, type II diabetes, right lower extremity neuropathy, left lower extremity neuropathy, and sleep apnea as they have become service-connected in other rating decisions.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea and dismissed all other appeals related to various joint conditions.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for effective dates earlier than October 26, 2014, for service connection and TDIU were denied.,The Veteran's claim for DEA benefits was also denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for low back arthritis, bilateral knee arthritis, and left hip arthritis due to inadequate medical opinions.
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