The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of service connection for a right hip disability, which is now considered secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral foot disability. The Board also found that the Veteran's service-connected bilateral foot disability causes additional impairment of earning capacity involving the right hip.
The deciding factor: The Board concluded that there was sufficient evidence to support the claim as secondary to the service-connected bilateral foot disability, including expert opinions and medical treatise materials.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- March 20, 2018
- Citation
- 1816717
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What this means for you
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- Granted
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right hip arthritis is service-connected as it began during his active service and has persisted since then.
- Granted
The Court found that the Veteran's pre-existing right hip condition was aggravated by service and progressed to arthritis, leading to a grant of service connection for the right hip disability.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right hip, shoulder, elbow, and low back disabilities, finding no evidence of in-service onset or relationship to active service.
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