The Board has granted service connection for a right hip disability, status post hip replacement. The claims of bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy secondary to back pain (originally claimed as neuropathy due to diabetes mellitus type II), bilateral ankle condition, bilateral foot condition, and hiatal hernia are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found the Veteran's right hip disability is at least as likely as not related to service, resolving all doubt in his favor.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Disability, Bilateral Ankle Condition, Bilateral Foot Condition (Plantar Fasciitis), Hiatal Hernia, Back Disability, Radiculopathy, Bilateral Lower Extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2019
- Citation
- A19002087
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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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