The Veteran's claims for service connection for left hip sprain, right hip sprain, and lumbar degenerative disc disease have been granted. The Board found that the conditions were present during a presumptive period of service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence established that the Veteran had chronic bilateral hip and low back pain since at least August 2001, which is within the applicable one-year presumptive period following separation from service in April 2003.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Hip Sprain, Right Hip Sprain, Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19125546
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Decisions by this judge: 1,549 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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