The Board has granted service connection for left hip osteoarthritis, but dismissed the appeal of service connection for a left knee disorder. The right hip osteoarthritis claim is remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left hip osteoarthritis was found to be proximately caused by his service-connected right leg disability and fragment wound residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disorder, left hip osteoarthritis, right hip osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19104325
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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