The Board has determined that the Veteran's current bilateral hip disability is related to his active service, and therefore grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found a link between the Veteran's in-service injury (IED explosion) and his current symptoms of bilateral hip pain.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral hip condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19125952
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development and to obtain additional evidence.
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