The Veteran's claims for TDIU and special monthly compensation based on housebound status or the need for aid and attendance were denied due to lack of evidence showing she was unemployable or in need of such benefits.
The deciding factor: The RO found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for a TDIU as her service-connected right hip disability alone did not render her unemployable, and there was no new and material evidence received within one year of the decisions denying these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Greater Trochanteric Bursitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2019
- Citation
- A19003507
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 622 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed for the Veteran's claims related to PTSD and right hip disability, including obtaining private treatment records and conducting an adequate VA examination.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right hip disability, diagnosed as greater trochanteric bursitis, is etiologically related to his active service and granted service connection for this condition. The initial rating of 10 percent for coronary artery disease prior to November 25, 2009, was also granted.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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